TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Decatur County General Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 26, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

24,000

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Decatur County General Hospital →

Decatur County General Hospital (Decatur County, TN) reported to HHS on 2018-01-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 24,000 individuals (the web description cites 50,496). Unauthorized software was installed on a network server used to store and access patient data. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE replaced the affected server, engaged forensic investigators, and implemented additional safeguards. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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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

Jan 26, 2018

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed24,000 affectedView incident

Name: Decatur County General Hospital
norm: decatur county general hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Decatur County General Hospital
norm: decatur county general hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 24,000nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1072 Software Deployment ToolsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS
Offered free credit monitoring and fraud alert services
Conducted internal investigation with assistance from its electronic medical record vendor and a forensic security firm
Replaced the affected server
Implemented additional security and technical safeguards
Changes made: Replaced the affected server
Implemented additional security and technical safeguards
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.

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: Jan 26, 2018
Raw hash: 9e4f26bc1a27281bb836b54973d4258c1d2e805d5b552afa36e42ee6ca0bc415

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Reporting entityDecatur County General Hospital

Victim entityDecatur County General Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing