CONNECTICUTAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Eastern Connecticut Health Network

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 2, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

912

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Eastern Connecticut Health Network →

Eastern Connecticut Health Network (CT) reported to HHS on 2023-07-02 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 912 individuals. A workforce member sent an email containing PHI — names and email addresses — without using the blind carbon copy (BCC) function. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and retrained the workforce member on email protocol and PHI protection requirements. Breached information was located in 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

Jul 2, 2023

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.Confirmed912 affectedView incident

Name: Eastern Connecticut Health Network
norm: eastern connecticut health network
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Eastern Connecticut Health Network
norm: eastern connecticut health network
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 912nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Retrained the workforce member on email protocol and the requirement to protect and secure sensitive data
Changes made: Workforce retraining on BCC email protocol and PHI protection requirements
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: Jul 2, 2023
Raw hash: bbac4dccb0808bfa2096a09d47be8ae927e0a6bdb8526660930a3677fc93902a

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Reporting entityEastern Connecticut Health Network

Victim entityEastern Connecticut Health Network

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing