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ILLINOISSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 16, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

4,845

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital →2 incidents on file

Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital (IL) reported to HHS on 2024-10-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4,845 individuals. An employee was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers' license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy Rule. 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.

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Oct 16, 2024

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.Confirmed4,845 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.