OHIOHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)CriticalContained

THE KROGER CO.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,474,284

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for THE KROGER CO. →7 incidents on file

The Kroger Co. reported to HHS on 2021-02-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,474,284 individuals. The breach involved a business associate's cyberattack on a network server, exposing PHI including names, SSNs, DOBs, and treatment data. The entity provided credit monitoring and discontinued the compromised file transfer appliance.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Feb 19, 2021

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 8 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Accellion supply-chain incident (2021) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6aaa39c445f321cc2021-02-19Verified
Washington State AGbd_be0af4b58344c9362021-02-19Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d1b8496772be04482021-02-19Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_df83dda5fb6772592021-02-19Verified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_f38fff6774acc2fe2021-02-19Verified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_671cf941212846732021-02-22 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ce7542d02671c8312021-03-17 · +26dVerified by operator

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,474,284nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Discontinued its use of the file transfer appliance that led to the breach
Implemented HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification policies and procedures
Changes made: Implemented HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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California State AGFeb 19 · first

Washington State AGFeb 19 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 19 · first

Montana State AGFeb 19 · first

HHS OCRFeb 19 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+3d

Montana State AG+26d

Pattern: first filing Feb 19 (CA), last Mar 17 (MT) — a 26-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Feb 19, 2021
Raw hash: 194f71181457b15cb17f17f2c628bfc3def834c76052329e39d7cfd8128c1566

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE KROGER CO.

Victim entityTHE KROGER CO.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing