CONNECTICUTHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture App DataCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Sound Community Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 26, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,278

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Sound Community Services, Inc. →

Sound Community Services, Inc. (CT) reported to HHS on 2017-05-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,278 individuals. On January 13, 2017, an unknown individual accessed the CEO's email account and sent emails to employees. The account contained a file with ePHI (names and client numbers) of approximately 1,273 individuals. Breached information located on Email.

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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

Jan 13, 2017

Begins

May 26, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,278 affectedView incident

Name: Sound Community Services, Inc.
norm: sound community
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sound Community Services, Inc.
norm: sound community
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,278nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS of breachOCR provided technical assistance regarding the breach notification requirements pertaining to the media and affected individuals

During the incident: Immediately took steps to implement additional technical safeguards for its email system
Engaged a third-party service to assist in its ongoing privacy and security activities
Provided breach notification to HHS
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards for its email system
Engaged a third-party service to assist in its ongoing privacy and security activities
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: May 26, 2017
Raw hash: 678e9756395aa8e0ab84ce7ccd7321ad6a3b9eb99adf4957d87d1540c7dd3081

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Reporting entitySound Community Services, Inc.

Victim entitySound Community Services, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImmediately took steps to implement additional technical safeguards for its email system

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing