UTSocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTCriticalResolved
HEALTHEQUITY, INC.
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Full breach record for HEALTHEQUITY, INC. →HealthEquity, Inc. (UT) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-11-17 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing attack) affecting 165,800 individuals. Several employees were victims of an email phishing attack; breached email accounts contained PHI including names and Social Security numbers. HealthEquity conducted a forensic analysis, notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional safeguards and staff training. OCR provided technical assistance and obtained assurances of corrective action. Breached information located on Email.
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.
This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_3fb11c6dbb0d8a73Oregon State AGfiled 2018-11-15(2d gap)Verified
- bd_9cb6700363c2b53cWashington State AGfiled 2018-11-15(2d gap)Verified
- bd_ab367867a391d767California State AGfiled 2018-11-15(2d gap)Verified
- bd_ef7b85b1be28972cMontana State AGfiled 2018-11-15(2d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- 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
- Nov 17, 2018
- Raw hash
- 5ba03942a053b31491ef4c9377af5cde8dabf81edbf626c3bbcd818906d30ec5
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- HEALTHEQUITY, INC.norm: healthequity
- Domain
- healthequity.com
Victim entity
- Name
- HEALTHEQUITY, INC.norm: healthequity
- Domain
- healthequity.com
- Industry
- Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 165,800
- Data types
- HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- OCR provided technical assistance on PHI protection and reducing sensitive data exposure.OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.
- Initial access
- phishing_link
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.