FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Florida Department of Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 8, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

2,477

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Florida Department of Health →4 incidents on file

Florida Department of Health (FL) reported to HHS on 2014-12-08 a breach categorized as 'Other' affecting 2,477 individuals. A workforce member sent an unencrypted email with an attachment containing ePHI — including dates of birth, Social Security numbers, screening test results, and diagnoses — to four physicians (the intended recipients). Breached information was located in Email. The CE confirmed deletion of the emails and conducted staff retraining. OCR reviewed the CE's policies and training documentation.

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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

Dec 8, 2014

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.Confirmed2,477 affectedView incident

Name: Florida Department of Health
norm: florida department of health
Domain: floridahealth.gov
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Florida Department of Health
norm: florida department of health
Domain: floridahealth.gov
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,477nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Other
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed CE's policies and procedures and documentation of staff training
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Contacted email recipients and verified emails were deleted
Verified ePHI was not further used or disclosed
Reviewed privacy and security policies and procedures
Retrained staff
Changes made: Reviewed and updated privacy and security policies and procedures
Staff retraining conducted
Responsible workforce member resigned
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: Dec 8, 2014
Raw hash: 67b5184c8e7ae683eff811e3ae8dc9f22a240ff77002f6609959800793d367a9

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Reporting entityFlorida Department of Health

Victim entityFlorida Department of Health

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing