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MINNESOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareGovernmentHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Minnesota Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 9, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

10,263

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Minnesota Department of Human Services →5 incidents on file

Minnesota Department of Human Services (covered entity) reported that an employee fell victim to an email phishing scheme, exposing PHI of 10,263 individuals. PHI included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, prescribed medications, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; implemented additional security, technical, and 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

Apr 9, 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.Confirmed10,263 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.