ALASKAMalwareHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMalware OtherCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 1, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

501

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services →4 incidents on file

State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reported to HHS on 2017-09-01 a Hacking/IT Incident (Trojan malware) affecting 501 individuals. A Trojan virus infected two desktop computers in the Office of Children's Services (OCS) in St. Mary's, AK, after an employee allowed a family member to access gaming websites. Demographic, clinical, and financial PHI of 500+ individuals may have been exposed. CE notified HHS, media, and individuals; implemented layered security, revised policies, sanctioned employee, and retrained staff.

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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

Sep 1, 2017

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed501 affectedView incident

Name: State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
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Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 501nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1204 User ExecutionT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices Policy and obtained assurances of corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Implemented layered hardware and software solution to limit external access to network, systems, applications, and data
Revised policies and procedures
Sanctioned the responsible employee
Retrained workforce
Provided breach notification to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Layered hardware and software security solution deployed
Policy and procedure revisions
Employee sanctions and retraining
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: Sep 1, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Sep 1, 2017	—	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: Sep 1, 2017
Raw hash: ec14ae7c1485d9daee680276ec891349beb49e06e76078ed791d43c45b9fac05

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Reporting entityState of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Victim entityState of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented layered hardware and software solution to limit external access to network, systems, applications, and data

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing