COLORADOSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MinorHighResolved

Children's Hospital Colorado

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 8, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

3,370

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Children's Hospital Colorado →

Children's Hospital Colorado reported to HHS OCR on 2017-09-08 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 3,370 individuals' PHI stored in email accounts. OCR investigation found MFA was disabled on a compromised account. OCR imposed a $548,265 civil money penalty. Breached info located in Email. No business associate was involved. The entity is a pediatric hospital, so minor patient records are implicated.

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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

Sep 8, 2017

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 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_98e5159e8e96818b2020-01-01 · +845dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_df63f008f995cb7f2020-01-01 · +845dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_f6f54a270eb5a37a2020-07-27 · +1053dCandidate
HHS OCR enforcementbd_daf381098a786d942024-12-05 · +2645dVerified by operator

Name: Children's Hospital Colorado
norm: children s hospital colorado
Domain: childrenscolorado.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Children's Hospital Colorado
norm: children s hospital colorado
Domain: childrenscolorado.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,370nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Minor
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 investigation following 2017 breach reportOCR Notice of Proposed Determination issued June 2024OCR civil money penalty of $548,265 imposed (Final Determination)
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Children's Hospital Colorado waived hearing rights and did not contest OCR findings
Changes made: OCR recommended implementation of multi-factor authentication
OCR recommended workforce HIPAA Privacy Rule training
OCR recommended risk analysis and risk management integration
OCR recommended audit controls and information system activity review
OCR recommended ePHI encryption
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 · 5 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRSep 8 · first · this page

Illinois State AG+845d

HHS OCR+1053d

HHS OCR enforcement+2645d

Pattern: first filing Sep 8 (CO), last Dec 5 — a 2645-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: Sep 8, 2017
Raw hash: be361433ca1673ed3a45c7da9822760d9974410af44cc043d5830373b553181e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChildren's Hospital Colorado

Victim entityChildren's Hospital Colorado

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseChildren's Hospital Colorado waived hearing rights and did not contest OCR findings

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing