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Chicago Cardiology Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2,743

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Chicago Cardiology Institute →

Chicago Cardiology Institute (IL) reported to HHS OCR on 2024-10-18 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 2,743 individuals. An employee was targeted by an email phishing scheme, compromising PHI including names, dates of birth, and treatment information stored in email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and provided credit monitoring services and strengthened technical safeguards. No business associate was involved.

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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

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_39abdd9aef7f29882024-10-11 · +7dVerified

Name: Chicago Cardiology Institute
norm: chicago cardiology institute
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Chicago Cardiology Institute
norm: chicago cardiology institute
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,743nationwide
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: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Strengthened technical safeguards
Changes made: Complimentary credit monitoring services offered to affected individuals
Technical safeguards strengthened
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Indiana State AGOct 11 · first

HHS OCR+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 11 (IN), last Oct 18 (IL) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Oct 18, 2024
Raw hash: 546db2e2379b26d0b2bf109ffc1b7135a86f6a35674407b642fd80e6414028d9

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChicago Cardiology Institute

Victim entityChicago Cardiology Institute

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing