CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Central California Alliance for Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 2, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

35,940

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Central California Alliance for Health →2 incidents on file

Central California Alliance for Health (CA Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2020-07-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 35,940 individuals. Several employees fell victim to an email phishing scheme that compromised ePHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. Breached information located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and implemented additional safeguards and employee retraining. OCR provided technical assistance on the HIPAA Security Rule.

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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

Jul 2, 2020

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a2a618eeefb132f52020-07-02Verified

Name: Central California Alliance for Health
norm: central california alliance for health
Domain: ccah-alliance.org
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Central California Alliance for Health
norm: central california alliance for health
Domain: ccah-alliance.org
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 35,940nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained employees on identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Enhanced administrative and technical safeguards for ePHI protection
Employee retraining on phishing identification and response
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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California State AGJul 2 · first

HHS OCRJul 2 · first · this page

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 2, 2020
Raw hash: 6d9c5324e1fea3a671571855c5279c760ff5f9a51d9f1328f311dee88d94cfd3

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentral California Alliance for Health

Victim entityCentral California Alliance for Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing