MINNESOTAHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Blaine Chiropractic Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 10, 2016

Filed

Jul 14, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,945

Confidence

66%

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Blaine Chiropractic Center reported to HHS on 2016-07-14 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1945 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The breach involved an administrative account with weak credentials used to access patient records containing PHI, names, addresses, and SSNs.

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HIPAA clock✓ 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 / 65 days

May 10, 2016

Begins

May 10, 2016

Discovered

Jul 14, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,945 affectedView incident

Name: Blaine Chiropractic Center
norm: blaine chiropractic center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Blaine Chiropractic Center
norm: blaine chiropractic center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 10, 2016
Breach occurred: May 10, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,945nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Removed the unauthorized account and application
Retained a forensic expert
Provided OCR with a copy of the forensic report
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Offered credit monitoring free of charge for one year
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions listed above
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 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: May 10, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 10, 2016 → 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: Jul 14, 2016
Raw hash: 7cc3ae5205e5173b9c6123e985486941b2268eff4d40aa6b6bc0cf36113284a8

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Reporting entityBlaine Chiropractic Center

Victim entityBlaine Chiropractic Center

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2016

Stated responseRemoved the unauthorized account and application

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing