PUERTO RICOAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Triple-S Salud, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 23, 2013

Filed

Nov 8, 2013

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

13,336

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Triple-S Salud, Inc. →7 incidents on file

Triple-S Salud, Inc. (business associate of Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration / Administración de Seguros Salud de Puerto Rico) was reported to HHS on 2013-11-08 for an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 13,336 individuals. On September 20, 2013, a vendor of Triple-S Salud mailed pamphlets that displayed PHI (names, mailing addresses, health insurance claim numbers) on the outside. Discovery occurred September 23, 2013. Breached information located on Paper/Films. OCR investigation resulted in CE commitments to risk analysis, risk management planning, policy revision, and staff retraining.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Sep 20, 2013

Begins

Sep 23, 2013

Discovered

Nov 8, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed13,336 affectedView incident

Name: Triple-S Salud, Inc.
norm: triple s salud
Domain: salud.grupotriples.com

Name: Triple-S Salud, Inc.
norm: triple s salud
Domain: salud.grupotriples.com
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 23, 2013
Breach occurred: Sep 20, 2013
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,336nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR investigation completed; covered entity committed to conduct a risk analysis, implement a risk management plan, revise policies and procedures, and retrain staff.
Third party: via Triple-S Salud, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Breach notification provided to affected individuals by both covered entity and business associate
Covered entity provided media notification
Changes made: Risk analysis conducted
Risk management plan implemented
Policies and procedures revised
Staff retrained
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 23, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 23, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 23, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 23, 2013 → 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: Nov 8, 2013
Raw hash: c0c8aa66381f464ed5bde2a5f6c0fcbb4686ad32c7b59b95071bfa779152d4ae

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Reporting entityTriple-S Salud, Inc.

Victim entityTriple-S Salud, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 23, 2013

Stated responseBreach notification provided to affected individuals by both covered entity and business associate

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing