ARKANSASHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Baxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 5, 2016

Filed

Oct 5, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2,124

Confidence

66%

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Baxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility reported to HHS on 2016-10-05 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2124 individuals. Breached information located on Other. Intruders broke into locked offices containing paper-based PHI. The entity improved physical security, moved records off-site, and trained staff.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 5, 2016 → Notified Oct 5, 2016✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Aug 5, 2016

Begins

Aug 5, 2016

Discovered

Oct 5, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,124 affectedView incident

Name: Baxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility
norm: baxter regional medical center home health facility
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Baxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility
norm: baxter regional medical center home health facility
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 5, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2016
Affected individuals: 2,124nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1562 Impair DefensesT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Improved physical security
Moved all non-current patient records to a secure, off-site storage facility
Trained employees on its HIPAA practices
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Improved physical security
Moved all non-current patient records to a secure, off-site storage facility
Trained employees on its HIPAA practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 5, 2016
→ Notified: Oct 5, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 5, 2016 → Notified: Oct 5, 2016	—	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 5, 2016
Raw hash: b0a2075652e2b7f716b379472dfdd62d9785a0a07df72df421d5d80fbfcd0272

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Reporting entityBaxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility

Victim entityBaxter Regional Medical Center - Home Health Facility

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2016

Stated responseImproved physical security

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing