MINNESOTAHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

CHI - Lakewood Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 12, 2018

Filed

Jan 31, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

885

Confidence

50%

On December 12, 2018, CHI - Lakewood Health discovered that a third party gained access to an employee's email account using stolen credentials, exposing the protected health information of 885 individuals. The company responded by changing the password, implementing two-factor authentication and a VPN, and retraining staff on password security.

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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

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 50 days

Dec 12, 2018

Discovered

Jan 31, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed885 affectedView incident

Name: CHI - Lakewood Health
Domain: chilakewoodhealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CHI - Lakewood Health
Domain: chilakewoodhealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 12, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 885nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Forcibly changed the compromised account password within 45 minutes of discovering the incident.
Changes made: Implemented technical safeguards including access controls, two-factor authentication, and a virtual private network (VPN) for remote use.
Coached and retrained the involved employee and retrained all staff on developing and safeguarding strong passwords and email maintenance.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(50 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: Dec 12, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 12, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 12, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 12, 2018 → 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: Jan 31, 2019
Raw hash: 1f3ada97fc573e37692e972a2eb77a374bc0cd3bcc420f2912cfbbadc6ee4961

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Reporting entityCHI - Lakewood Health

Victim entityCHI - Lakewood Health

Incidentdiscovered Dec 12, 2018

Stated responseForcibly changed the compromised account password within 45 minutes of discovering the incident.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing