MINNESOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

UCare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 18, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

4,806

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for UCare →2 incidents on file

UCare Minnesota, a Minnesota-based health plan, reported to HHS on 2020-09-18 that numerous employees fell victim to an email phishing scheme affecting the ePHI of 4,806 individuals. Breached information (located in Email) included names, addresses, birthdates, claims and financial information, medications prescribed, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and implemented additional safeguards and a fraud claims review process. OCR provided technical assistance on Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule compliance.

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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 18, 2020

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8374dbb7e8a597802020-09-22 · +4dVerified

Name: UCare
norm: ucare
Domain: ucare.org
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: UCare
norm: ucare
Domain: ucare.org
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,806nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule policies and procedures.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.
Implemented a fraud claims review process for impacted members to monitor for potential inappropriate billing.
Changes made: Additional administrative and technical safeguards implemented.
Fraud claims review process established for impacted members.
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRSep 18 · first · this page

Montana State AG+4d

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 18, 2020
Raw hash: 7d5bf5d60f6d389a609efb63b26193c7cd4c237bfb57b850c6009bd13af95f62

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUCare

Victim entityUCare

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing