NORTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

CaroMont Medical Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 8, 2013

Filed

Oct 4, 2013

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,310

Confidence

66%

CaroMont Medical Group reported to HHS on 2013-10-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1310 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee sent an unencrypted spreadsheet containing PHI to a personal email account.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 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 · 8 weeks / 57 days

Aug 5, 2013

Begins

Aug 8, 2013

Discovered

Oct 4, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,310 affectedView incident

Name: CaroMont Medical Group
norm: caromont medical group
Domain: caromonthealth.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CaroMont Medical Group
norm: caromont medical group
Domain: caromonthealth.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 8, 2013
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2013
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,310nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Reviewed its policies
Updated its secure email policy
Required employees to attest to reviewing the new policy
Trained staff on data privacy and information security
Implemented security controls for the encryption of all external emails containing an attachment
Changes made: Updated its secure email policy
Trained staff on data privacy and information security
Implemented security controls for the encryption of all external emails containing an attachment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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: Aug 8, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 8, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 8, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 8, 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: Oct 4, 2013
Raw hash: b0de7d80e3c29b6d95a24c2fd4f5095997e331a4a7d578fb81e44ce6f75edd3c

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Reporting entityCaroMont Medical Group

Victim entityCaroMont Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2013

Stated responseReviewed its policies

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing