GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentCriticalResolved

Georgia Department of Community Health

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 2, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

557,779

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Georgia Department of Community Health →2 incidents on file

Georgia Department of Community Health reported to HHS on 2015-03-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 557,779 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Business Associate Anthem, Inc. experienced cyberattacks exposing ePHI including names, SSNs, medical IDs, addresses, DOBs, emails, and employment info.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Mar 2, 2015

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. supply-chain incident (2015) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_a3dafafb0571acce2015-03-02Candidate

Name: Georgia Department of Community Health
norm: georgia department of community health
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Georgia Department of Community Health
norm: georgia department of community health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 557,779nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Employment
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the BA agreement and determined that it appeared to comply with the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy and Security RulesOCR opened a separate review of Anthem
Third party: via Anthem, Inc.business associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: OCR reviewed the BA agreement
OCR opened a separate review of Anthem
Anthem agreed to pay a monetary settlement
Anthem undertaking a robust corrective action plan to comply with the HIPAA Rules
Changes made: Anthem undertaking a robust corrective action plan to comply with the HIPAA Rules
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRMar 2 · first

HHS OCRMar 2 · first · this page

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2015
Raw hash: 07fb9a7e9cfcd52b7c7b3c70580865aefab748a80ec731ae8969acc8fb131052

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGeorgia Department of Community Health

Victim entityGeorgia Department of Community Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseOCR reviewed the BA agreement

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing