FLORIDAHackingHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData PublishedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighResolved

Med-Cert, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 7, 2017

Filed

Sep 2, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

7,253

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Med-Cert, Inc. →

Med-Cert, Inc. reported to HHS on 2017-09-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7,253 individuals. The breach was caused by a subcontractor, Alentus Hosting, which failed to reactivate a firewall after a software update, allowing web-crawlers to access and post protected health information (PHI) online. The exposed data, located on a Network Server and Other systems, included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, and case management reports. The information was later removed from public access.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jul 7, 2017

Discovered

Sep 2, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,253 affectedView incident

Name: Med-Cert, Inc.
norm: med cert
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Med-Cert, Inc.
norm: med cert
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 7, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,253nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network serverOther
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the BA agreement requirements of HIPAAObtained written assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: The BA immediately contacted the subcontractor and had them close the vulnerability
The BA contacted the search engines and was able to confirm that the PHI was removed from public access
Changes made: The BA ended its business relationship with the subcontractor
Acquired the services of another web hosting company, with which it has a HIPAA-compliant BA agreement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 7, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 7, 2017 → 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: Sep 2, 2017
Raw hash: 47059bdb6726cd5842ea27006985ace5ad938a364b43c6e073e71d13ffc9217a

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Reporting entityMed-Cert, Inc.

Victim entityMed-Cert, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2017

Stated responseThe BA immediately contacted the subcontractor and had them close the vulnerability

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing