CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 12, 2016

Filed

Nov 7, 2016

To disclose

26 days

Affected

4,432

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California →3 incidents on file

Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California reported to HHS on 2016-11-07 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 4432 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A website upgrade resulted in an incorrect caching configuration, saving PHI into browser cache accessible to other visitors.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time26 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 days

Oct 12, 2016

Begins

Oct 12, 2016

Discovered

Nov 7, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_140dbb06e27d3cab2016-11-07Verified

Name: Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California
norm: kaiser permanente health plan inc of northern california
Domain: kp.org
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California
norm: kaiser permanente health plan inc of northern california
Domain: kp.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 12, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 12, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,432nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule including risk analysis and risk management

During the incident: Created a corrective action plan to help mitigate the chances of a misconfiguration error
Educated the relevant IT staff
Created new processes
Ensured sign offs and approvals at appropriate points in the process
Tested an outcome before going live
Engaged a subject matter expert
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Educated the relevant IT staff
Created new processes
Ensured sign offs and approvals at appropriate points in the process
Tested an outcome before going live
Engaged a subject matter expert
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 12, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 12, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 12, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGNov 7 · first

HHS OCRNov 7 · first · this page

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 7, 2016
Raw hash: 5877a373314ed58d204b281b2cde8f068fb572d2f534591a78fa456692754774

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California

Victim entityKaiser Permanente Health Plan, Inc of Northern California

Incidentdiscovered Oct 12, 2016

Stated responseCreated a corrective action plan to help mitigate the chances of a misconfiguration error

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing