DisclosureLens
ILLINOISMalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Black Hawk College

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 8, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

1,000

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Black Hawk College →3 incidents on file

Black Hawk College (Health Plan, IL) reported to HHS on 2016-12-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting approximately 1,000 individuals. A computer server belonging to the CE's reinsurer was infected with ransomware from March 12 to August 8, 2016, exposing PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and clinical data. The CE filed out of caution; the reinsurer was not a BA. Breached information was located on a Network Server. OCR confirmed CE implemented remediation including staff retraining and policy review.

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

Mar 12, 2016

Begins

Dec 8, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,000 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.