FLORIDASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

THE GEO GROUP, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 4, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

3,991

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for THE GEO GROUP, INC. →

The GEO Group Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-11-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3,991 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An employee was victim of an email phishing attack exposing ePHI including names, DOB, SSN, addresses, and diagnoses. The entity implemented technical safeguards and retrained employees.

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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

Nov 4, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_11272c6ffb5e8ebf2020-11-05 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_308bf1db68e0f67c2020-11-03 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_90155c399221de1e2020-11-03 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9f57e2cd9e7ad18e2020-11-03 · +1dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_ec4ad47be937859e2020-11-03 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_f4607374fbca60072020-11-03 · +1dVerified

Name: THE GEO GROUP, INC.
norm: the geo
Domain: geogroup.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE GEO GROUP, INC.
norm: the geo
Domain: geogroup.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,991nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its employees on the proper methods of detecting and responding to fraudulent email communications
Received technical assistance from OCR regarding the Breach Notification Rule
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained employees on the proper methods of detecting and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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California State AGNov 3 · first

Montana State AGNov 3 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 3 · first

Maine State AGNov 3 · first

Indiana State AGNov 3 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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: Nov 4, 2020
Raw hash: cd24f962b5c14a93159b5d971e50e1f2c644f30329ecf9e4ebd888a031ac07a4

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE GEO GROUP, INC.

Victim entityTHE GEO GROUP, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing