MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The North Cottage Program

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 15, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

8,190

Linked

2 records

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The North Cottage Program →

The North Cottage Program reported to HHS on 2024-07-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8,190 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, DOB, addresses, driver's licenses, SSNs, clinical diagnoses, and lab results.

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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 15, 2024

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_bc997e2f282ced102024-05-17 · +59dCandidate

Name: The North Cottage Program
norm: the north cottage program
Domain: northcottage.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The North Cottage Program
norm: the north cottage program
Domain: northcottage.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,190nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative 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: Jul 15, 2024
Raw hash: ec78b0b962c418a1f6d24b7732d73ff20b249dfbff94cad977a5c3699b0e0761

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityThe North Cottage Program

Victim entityThe North Cottage Program

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing