MINNESOTAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Ramsey County

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 11, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

117,905

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Ramsey County →2 incidents on file

Ramsey County reported to HHS on 2018-12-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 117,905 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing scheme affecting ePHI including names, addresses, DOB, and SSNs.

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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

Dec 11, 2018

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.Confirmed117,905 affectedView incident

Name: Ramsey County
norm: ramsey county
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ramsey County
norm: ramsey county
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 117,905nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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 Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Staff were retrained on the proper methods of recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
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: Dec 11, 2018
Raw hash: e56f8966b57f2da25afcda7d20c61b2ba6aa685f030716e05ef1e13d2cf9466a

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Reporting entityRamsey County

Victim entityRamsey County

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing