SOUTH DAKOTAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Stronghold Counseling Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 21, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

8,500

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Stronghold Counseling Services, Inc. →

Stronghold Counseling Services, Inc. (SD) reported to HHS OCR on 2013-02-21 the theft of a desktop computer from its facility. The device contained PHI for 8,500 individuals, including appointment records, client insurance and payment data, demographics, social security numbers, and client letters/reports. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Post-breach remediation included revised encryption procedures and implementation of a risk analysis/risk management process. OCR provided technical assistance on Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule requirements.

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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 21, 2013

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,500 affectedView incident

Name: Stronghold Counseling Services, Inc.
norm: stronghold counseling
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Stronghold Counseling Services, Inc.
norm: stronghold counseling
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR opened investigationOCR provided technical assistance on Security Rule risk analysis/risk management requirements and Breach Notification Rule requirements

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Revised procedures for encryption
Implemented risk analysis/risk management process
Changes made: Encryption procedures revised
Risk analysis and risk management process implemented
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.

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 21, 2013
Raw hash: 9fc32867478e90a6898b0f027a33ce6996f6a026b962272fc344ff4f62626239

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Reporting entityStronghold Counseling Services, Inc.

Victim entityStronghold Counseling Services, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing