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University of Vermont Health Network

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 17, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

32,470

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for University of Vermont Health Network →

University of Vermont Health Network – Elizabethtown Community Hospital (NY) reported to HHS on 2018-12-17 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 32,470 individuals. Several employees were victims of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI located in Email systems. Breached data included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and retrained staff on phishing identification.

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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

Dec 17, 2018

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ea916a4fe90a35c02018-12-17Verified

Name: University of Vermont Health Network
norm: university of vermont health network
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Vermont Health Network
norm: university of vermont health network
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 32,470nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce on identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Additional security safeguards implemented
Workforce phishing awareness retraining completed
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 17 · first

HHS OCRDec 17 · first · this page

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: Dec 17, 2018
Raw hash: 722c45449d0488f64a112c08b6c82cc8a46cd36bc2ac83c1baa553ceec554428

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Vermont Health Network

Victim entityUniversity of Vermont Health Network

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing