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SOUTH DAKOTAAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Sioux Falls VA Health Care System

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 1, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

564

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Sioux Falls VA Health Care System →2 incidents on file

Sioux Falls VA Health Care System (SD) reported to HHS on 2019-10-01 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 564 individuals. An employee emailed the PHI of 564 individuals to wrong recipients. PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. Breached information located on Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, implemented administrative safeguards, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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

Oct 1, 2019

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed564 affectedView incident

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.