GEORGIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Georgia Department of Human Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 8, 2015

Filed

Jul 8, 2015

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2,983

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Georgia Department of Human Services →5 incidents on file

Georgia Department of Human Services reported to HHS on 2015-07-08 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2983 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee emailed PHI to a non-business-associate contractor.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Jun 8, 2015

Begins

Jun 8, 2015

Discovered

Jul 8, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,983 affectedView incident

Name: Georgia Department of Human Services
norm: georgia department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Georgia Department of Human Services
norm: georgia department of human
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 8, 2015
Breach occurred: Jun 8, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,983nationwide
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: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Retrained its workforce
Revised its policies and procedures
Improved its training program
Implemented additional clearance and approval requirements for the sharing of data
Changes made: Retrained its workforce
Revised its policies and procedures
Improved its training program
Implemented additional clearance and approval requirements for the sharing of data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 8, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 8, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 8, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 8, 2015 → 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: Jul 8, 2015
Raw hash: 951dea4f18df49c349f80d3d5eea9752a4dd82ca93b0294a204260cd5e6034c6

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Reporting entityGeorgia Department of Human Services

Victim entityGeorgia Department of Human Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 8, 2015

Stated responseRetrained its workforce

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing