WYOMINGMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Hansen and Associates, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 29, 2013

Filed

Jul 15, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

2,700

Confidence

66%

Hansen and Associates, Inc. reported to HHS on 2013-07-15 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2700 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. An employee inappropriately used her workstation to access PHI including names, SSNs, and clinical diagnoses.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 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

undetected · 8 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

May 21, 2013

Begins

May 29, 2013

Discovered

Jul 15, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,700 affectedView incident

Name: Hansen and Associates, Inc.
norm: hansen and associates
Domain: hantech.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Hansen and Associates, Inc.
norm: hansen and associates
Domain: hantech.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 29, 2013
Breach occurred: May 21, 2013 – May 29, 2013
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,700nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1074 Data Staged
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Conducted an internal investigation with assistance from an information technology vendor
Notified local law enforcement regarding its employee’s misconduct
Implemented physical, administrative, and security safeguards in response to the subject incident
Drafted new policies and procedures regarding its obligations under the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
Changes made: Implemented physical, administrative, and security safeguards
Drafted new policies and procedures regarding its obligations under the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: May 29, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 29, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 29, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 29, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	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: Jul 15, 2013
Raw hash: 38bfbcdbac84046371e72added79df74ea9432cc691683fd8d57bc9726179360

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Reporting entityHansen and Associates, Inc.

Victim entityHansen and Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 29, 2013

Stated responseConducted an internal investigation with assistance from an information technology vendor

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing