MINNESOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareEducationHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIHighResolved

Northwestern Health Sciences University

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 21, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1,198

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Northwestern Health Sciences University →2 incidents on file

Northwestern Health Sciences University (NHSU) in MN reported to HHS OCR on 2019-05-21 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing attack) affecting 1,198 individuals. PHI exposed included names, Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers, passport information, diagnostic/treatment information, medications prescribed, and health insurance information. Breached information located on Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring. Additional safeguards and staff retraining were implemented. 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

May 21, 2019

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4ead8eeefe72a2c42019-05-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1f489193187893cf2019-05-24 · +3dVerified

Name: Northwestern Health Sciences University
norm: northwestern health sciences university
Domain: nwhealth.edu
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northwestern Health Sciences University
norm: northwestern health sciences university
Domain: nwhealth.edu
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultEducationllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,198nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PII
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedOCR obtained assurances that CE implemented corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff on identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Additional administrative and technical security safeguards implemented
Staff retraining on phishing identification
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMay 21 · first

HHS OCRMay 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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 21, 2019
Raw hash: ceb54d167da814b1726f2c93fd70d37af220c06bc90692cd3ea2c9e587daf593

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwestern Health Sciences University

Victim entityNorthwestern Health Sciences University

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing