PENNSYLVANIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

City of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 3, 2015

Filed

Apr 2, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

81,463

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for City of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit →

City of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit reported to HHS on 2015-04-02 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 81463 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Paper/Films. A rogue employee of business associate Intermedix improperly accessed and disclosed PHI including SSNs and health insurance info.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Feb 3, 2015 → Notified Apr 2, 201558d ✓ HHS report on time8 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 · 1129 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jan 1, 2012

Begins

Feb 3, 2015

Discovered

Apr 2, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed81,463 affectedView incident

Name: City of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: City of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit
norm: city of philadelphia fire department emergency medical services unit
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 3, 2015
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2012 – Dec 31, 2012
Undetected for: 1,129 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 2, 2015
Affected individuals: 81,463nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computerPaper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCR
Third party: via Intermedixbusiness associate
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Revised the business associate agreement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 58dHHS 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: Feb 3, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 2, 2015
58d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 3, 2015
→ Notified: Apr 2, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 3, 2015 → Notified: Apr 2, 2015	58d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 3, 2015 → Notified: Apr 2, 2015	—	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: Apr 2, 2015
Raw hash: 9af8d8917bd306e58e3753c5d5e27f2112cd7f879366b1cccf80eaede84dd478

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Reporting entityCity of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit

Victim entityCity of Philadelphia Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Unit

Incidentdiscovered Feb 3, 2015

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing