ARKANSASMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Arkansas Department of Human Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 7, 2017

Filed

Sep 15, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

26,000

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Arkansas Department of Human Services →2 incidents on file

Arkansas Department of Human Services reported to HHS on 2017-09-15 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 26000 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A former employee sent encrypted emails containing PHI (demographic, treatment, claims) to a personal account.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 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 · 6 weeks / 39 days

Aug 7, 2017

Discovered

Sep 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed26,000 affectedView incident

Name: Arkansas Department of Human Services
norm: arkansas department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Arkansas Department of Human Services
norm: arkansas department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 7, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned the involved workforce member
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Re-trained workforce members
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Re-trained workforce members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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: Aug 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 7, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 7, 2017 → 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: Sep 15, 2017
Raw hash: 2f7ea5372f4fec882ef0045407d90cd8908f11e1dc8de9b5e6fe81eec3208cd8

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Reporting entityArkansas Department of Human Services

Victim entityArkansas Department of Human Services

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2017

Stated responseSanctioned the involved workforce member

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing