ARKANSASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

WALMART INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 26, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

741

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for WALMART INC. →15 incidents on file

Walmart Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-03-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 741 individuals. Breached information located on Email, Other. A system error caused patient information (names and prescription data) to be viewed by the wrong patient via the CE's app or email. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented improved technical safeguards.

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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 26, 2018

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_25a77ccbf51c5a632018-02-22 · +32dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_fb92d9b73b729d022018-02-22 · +32dCandidate

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: WALMART INC.
norm: walmart
Domain: walmart.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 741nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: EmailOther
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSAs a result of OCR's investigation

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS
Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Provided breach notification to the media
Implemented improved technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented improved technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents
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 · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRFeb 22 · first

Montana State AGFeb 22 · first

HHS OCR+32d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (AR), last Mar 26 (AR) — a 32-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 26, 2018
Raw hash: b303bc76856339ea7fd9d25f2c8d179cc26746ea2d7cffebeb8f5486f1bc2a4e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWALMART INC.

Victim entityWALMART INC.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing