MINNESOTAAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 10, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

2,431

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc. →

ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc. (acting as business associate to United Health) reported to HHS on 2018-04-10 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,431 individuals. The BA sent emails containing PHI — including names, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, health insurance information, and financial data — to wrong recipients. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE notified affected individuals and provided identity theft protection. The BA implemented additional safeguards and retrained staff; OCR obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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

Apr 10, 2018

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,431 affectedView incident

Name: ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc.
norm: viatech publishing
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: ViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc.
norm: viatech publishing
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,431nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.

During the incident: CE notified HHS and affected individuals
CE provided complimentary identity theft protection services to affected individuals
BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
BA retrained staff
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Staff retraining conducted
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.

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: Apr 10, 2018
Raw hash: 3f67bde2b9515a2ef620e2c055aeaaa7079e0f956e2eb5eca95ce08e3ed06bd2

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Reporting entityViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc.

Victim entityViaTech Publishing Solutions, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE notified HHS and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing