ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighContained

Illinois Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 9, 2026

To disclose

—

Affected

705,017

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Illinois Department of Human Services →6 incidents on file

Illinois Department of Human Services reported to HHS on 2026-01-09 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 705,017 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Misconfigured privacy settings on its Internet platform exposed protected health information (PHI) including demographic information.

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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

Jan 9, 2026

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_1c63eb5a8afc713e2026-01-01 · +8dCandidate

Name: Illinois Department of Human Services
norm: illinois department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Illinois Department of Human Services
norm: illinois department of human
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 705,017nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
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 · 2 filings

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 9 (IL) — a 8-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Jan 9, 2026
Raw hash: 68823028e5e44ec48e60b366b04e52aca0fd3fc4f74c71e9c90832abcddcdad7

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIllinois Department of Human Services

Victim entityIllinois Department of Human Services

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing