NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

New York City Human Resources Administration

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 11, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

2,078

Confidence

67%

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New York City Human Resources Administration/Department of Social Services reported to HHS on 2018-05-11 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2078 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An internal programming error in the Medicaid renewal mailing system caused forms to be mailed to incorrect addresses between January 1, 2017 and March 13, 2018.

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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

Jan 1, 2017

Begins

May 11, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,078 affectedView incident

Name: New York City Human Resources Administration
norm: new york city human resources administration
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: New York City Human Resources Administration
norm: new york city human resources administration
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2017 – Mar 13, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,078nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals
Posted notice to its website
Deployed a technical fix
Re-opened any case that closed in 2018 for failure to return the Medicaid renewal form
Provided clients with instructions for seeking reimbursement for medical bills incurred after their Medicaid coverage ended
Extended the eligibility period for those affected individuals whose recertification period had not ended
Changes made: Implemented a technical fix for the unintended electronic interaction of the various systems used in the mailing process
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: May 11, 2018
Raw hash: a614e79f27ef5e08f3d1afd24d10269f0e1a512632ad366de86f7bac0a9b622f

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Reporting entityNew York City Human Resources Administration

Victim entityNew York City Human Resources Administration

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the media, and the affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing