FLSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighContained
THE GEO GROUP, INC.
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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.
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.
This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_308bf1db68e0f67cCalifornia State AGfiled 2020-11-03(1d gap)Verified
- bd_90155c399221de1eMontana State AGfiled 2020-11-03(1d gap)Verified
- bd_ec4ad47be937859eMaine State AGfiled 2020-11-03(1d gap)Verified
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
- Nov 4, 2020
- Raw hash
- cd24f962b5c14a93159b5d971e50e1f2c644f30329ecf9e4ebd888a031ac07a4
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- THE GEO GROUP, INC.norm: the geo
- Domain
- geogroup.com
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 3,991
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- 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
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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.