VIRGINIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

National Counseling Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 21, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

23,000

Confidence

68%

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National Counseling Group reported to HHS on 2016-03-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 23000 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An unauthorized user accessed multiple employees' email accounts after the employees responded to phishing emails. The breach included the protected health information (PHI) of 23,000 individuals and included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, and clinical information.

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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

Mar 21, 2016

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed23,000 affectedView incident

Name: National Counseling Group
norm: national counseling
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: National Counseling Group
norm: national counseling
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the CE's risk analysis and provided technical assistance regarding the completion of a new risk analysis
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented two-factor authentication for its email system
Provided employees with additional security awareness training
Changes made: Implemented two-factor authentication for its email system
Provided employees with additional security awareness training
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: Mar 21, 2016
Raw hash: f0df6249a0dae9311f063c9771906513591fedda233423a8b2546292c3112eaf

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Reporting entityNational Counseling Group

Victim entityNational Counseling Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing