ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 30, 2016

Filed

Aug 11, 2017

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

8,862

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers →2 incidents on file

Silver Cross Hospital reported to HHS on 2017-08-11 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 8862 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate's software upgrade misconfigured security settings, exposing web form data (demographic, financial, clinical) via Bing search cache. No impermissible access occurred. CE hired forensic investigators, secured forms, and notified HHS/individuals.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late36 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 254 days

Nov 30, 2016

Begins

Nov 30, 2016

Discovered

Aug 11, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,862 affectedView incident

Name: Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers
norm: silver cross hospital and medical centers
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers
norm: silver cross hospital and medical centers
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 30, 2016
Breach occurred: Nov 30, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,862nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Third party: via Demi & Cooper Advertisingbusiness associate

During the incident: Hired a third party forensic investigator
Requested that Bing remove the information from its data base
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice
Changes made: Implemented additional security safeguards for its web forms
Conducted a HIPAA Security risk analysis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(254 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 30, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 30, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 30, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 30, 2016 → 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: Aug 11, 2017
Raw hash: 080909c3587782c21dd04c6e0d7674d53c979f91382a35feb686ed6237d469a4

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Reporting entitySilver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers

Victim entitySilver Cross Hospital and Medical Centers

Incidentdiscovered Nov 30, 2016

Stated responseHired a third party forensic investigator

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing