MINNESOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareGovernmentFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Minnesota Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 9, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

20,800

Confidence

97%

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

Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN, Health Plan) reported to HHS on 2018-10-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 20,800 individuals. Several employees were victims of a series of email phishing schemes. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and subsequently implemented additional security safeguards and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions. Breached information located on Email.

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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

Oct 9, 2018

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.Confirmed20,800 affectedView incident

Name: Minnesota Department of Human Services
norm: minnesota department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Minnesota Department of Human Services
norm: minnesota department of human
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 20,800nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Implemented additional security, technical, and administrative safeguards
Retrained staff
Changes made: Implemented additional security, technical, and administrative safeguards
Staff retraining completed
OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions
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: Oct 9, 2018
Raw hash: dc880165d935317d104987bb8b41f7e7d837de18086dddfb130c40255c107061

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Reporting entityMinnesota Department of Human Services

Victim entityMinnesota Department of Human Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing