WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 26, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,249

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM →4 incidents on file

MultiCare Health System (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-01-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,249 individuals. A phishing attack enabled a hacker to gain access to an employee's email credentials for approximately 3 days. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, dates of service, diagnoses, medical record numbers, and descriptions of treatment. The CE updated phishing policies, implemented technical safeguards, and retrained staff. OCR provided technical assistance and obtained documented assurances of corrective action. Breached information located on Email.

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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

Jan 26, 2017

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,249 affectedView incident

Name: MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM
norm: multicare health system
Domain: multicare.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM
norm: multicare health system
Domain: multicare.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,249nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
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: OCR provided comprehensive technical assistance regarding obligations under the HIPAA Security RuleOCR directed the CE to conduct a thorough security risk analysis and implement a risk management/mitigation planOCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Updated policies and procedures addressing phishing emails
Implemented technical security safeguards to reduce the risk of malware infection and hacking
Retrained all employees on updated policies and procedures
Changes made: Security risk analysis conducted per HIPAA Security Rule
Risk management/mitigation plan implemented
Employee retraining on phishing awareness
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: Jan 26, 2017
Raw hash: 484364b4d82a9026c557fe7065815fd453938a704f35b21a94b945351cf361d2

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Reporting entityMULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

Victim entityMULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

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