NORTH CAROLINAHackingHealthcareHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Business Associate (HIPAA)Downstream VictimsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)HighResolved

AccuDoc Solutions, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 29, 2018

Filed

Nov 27, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2,652,537

Confidence

90%

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AccuDoc Solutions, Inc., a healthcare business associate based in NC, discovered on 2018-09-29 that an unauthorized user had gained access to a web server containing ePHI for seven covered-entity clients, affecting 2,652,537 individuals. Exposed ePHI included demographic information, account balances, and insurance policy information; AccuDoc states no data was exfiltrated. AccuDoc terminated the unauthorized access, improved technical safeguards, and (with the CEs) issued required notifications. AccuDoc reported to HHS on behalf of six of the seven CEs; one CE filed independently. OCR obtained corrective-action assurances.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Sep 29, 2018 → Notified Nov 27, 201859d ✓ HHS report on time8 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

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Sep 29, 2018

Discovered

Nov 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Part of AccuDoc Solutions, Inc. supply-chain incident (2018) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,652,537 affectedView incident

Name: AccuDoc Solutions, Inc.
norm: accudoc solutions
Industry: Healthcare Business Associate

Name: AccuDoc Solutions, Inc.
norm: accudoc solutions
Industry: Healthcare Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 29, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 27, 2018
Affected individuals: 2,652,537nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach reportOCR obtained corrective action assurances
Third party: via AccuDoc Solutions, Inc.

During the incident: Terminated unauthorized user's access
Improved technical safeguards
Covered entities notified affected individuals and the media
BA notified HHS on behalf of six of seven CE clients
Changes made: Terminated unauthorized access
Implemented improved technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 59dHHS 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: Sep 29, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 27, 2018
59d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 29, 2018
→ Notified: Nov 27, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 29, 2018 → Notified: Nov 27, 2018	59d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 29, 2018 → Notified: Nov 27, 2018	—	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: Nov 27, 2018
Raw hash: 9073dd9ec7817a76297f3e74bb46f18479a5eace43d9a2abb1fd5c269fa24ead

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Reporting entityAccuDoc Solutions, Inc.

Victim entityAccuDoc Solutions, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 29, 2018

Stated responseTerminated unauthorized user's access

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing