WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved

MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

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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.

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.

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

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: Jan 26, 2017
Raw hash: 484364b4d82a9026c557fe7065815fd453938a704f35b21a94b945351cf361d2

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,249
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
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

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

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.