TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PHIMediumContained

State of Tennessee State Insurance Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 10, 2014

Filed

Aug 15, 2014

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

60,582

Confidence

66%

State of Tennessee State Insurance Plan reported to HHS on 2014-08-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 60582 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved unauthorized access to a subcontractor's online scheduler, exposing names, dates of birth, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and genders.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 157 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jan 4, 2014

Begins

Jun 10, 2014

Discovered

Aug 15, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed60,582 affectedView incident

Name: State of Tennessee State Insurance Plan
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: State of Tennessee State Insurance Plan
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Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 10, 2014
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2014 – Apr 11, 2014
Undetected for: 157 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 60,582nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via American Healthways Servicesbusiness associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Demanded that the BA submit a corrective action plan
Sent individual notification
Provided media notice
Offered identity protection to the affected individuals
Transitioned customers to an improved scheduling system
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions noted above
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 10, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 10, 2014 → 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 15, 2014
Raw hash: b294ec97677a91eb2311f107be6d02600ab8ae2ada458127b71244aa4f263553

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Reporting entityState of Tennessee State Insurance Plan

Victim entityState of Tennessee State Insurance Plan

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2014

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing