SOUTH CAROLINASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Palmetto Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 29, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

23,811

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Palmetto Health →

Palmetto Health reported to HHS on 2019-03-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 23,811 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing scheme that exposed ePHI including names, addresses, birthdates, claims, diagnoses, lab results, medications, SSNs, and treatment info. The CE implemented safeguards and retrained staff.

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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 29, 2019

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_80182c6926e74d642019-04-02 · +4dCandidate

Name: Palmetto Health
norm: palmetto health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Palmetto Health
norm: palmetto health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23,811nationwide
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 conducted an outreach presentation on the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying 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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRMar 29 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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 29, 2019
Raw hash: 70043be5b6d6e97abb68ad06f71161f317dba02ca5532b124330dc7d971f27f6

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPalmetto Health

Victim entityPalmetto Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing