NEW JERSEYHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 24, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

1,173

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. →4 incidents on file

Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. (Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey) reported to HHS on 2015-09-24 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1173 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. Perpetrators impersonated healthcare professionals to access PHI (names, DOBs, member IDs, addresses) via a third-party provider portal. Corrective actions included MFA implementation and enhanced safeguards.

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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

Sep 24, 2015

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.Confirmed1,173 affectedView incident

Name: Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: horizon healthcare
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: horizon healthcare
Industry: Insurance — Health
Also named: Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and its affiliatesdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,173nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordOther
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media
Requested that the third party web-based provider implement multi-factor authentication procedures for users who run eligibility and benefits inquiries
Required additional safeguard steps for out-of-network providers who use the third party web-based portal system
Changes made: Conduct a risk analysis that addresses all potential risk and vulnerabilities in the entire operation
Implement a risk management plan and corresponding risk mitigation activities
Implement audit controls
Implement workforce security policies and procedures
Implement a security awareness and training program
Conduct information system activity reviews
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: Sep 24, 2015
Raw hash: 8138adcebdaa613833a3cb1112e0cc0c4c8a4fcfded831a2e7097c34d79e1e0e

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Reporting entityHorizon Healthcare Services Inc.

Victim entityHorizon Healthcare Services Inc.

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