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WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoverySupply Chain (3P Vendor)PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 26, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

6,248

Confidence

90%
Full breach record for NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC. →5 incidents on file

Nintendo of America Inc. (as a Health Plan covered entity) reported to HHS on 2016-02-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 6,248 individuals. On May 5, 2014, attackers impermissibly accessed and acquired PHI held by business associate Premera, a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association member and third-party health plan administrator. PHI included demographic, clinical, and financial data dating back to 2002. OCR found Nintendo in compliance with HIPAA Rules.

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

May 5, 2014

Begins

Feb 26, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,248 affectedView incident

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.