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

Broward County Public Schools

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 29, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

49,608

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Broward County Public Schools →

Broward County Public Schools reported to HHS on 2021-11-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 49,608 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The attack compromised PHI including names, DOBs, and SSNs. The entity implemented safeguards, revised policies, and offered credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ 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

Nov 29, 2021

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

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

A leak claim by conti about this victim predates this filing by 273 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecontibd_df4933f79f7cc9a52021-03-01 · +273dCandidate

Name: Broward County Public Schools
norm: broward county public schools
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Broward County Public Schools
norm: broward county public schools
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 49,608nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection to affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180dHHS 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: Nov 29, 2021
Raw hash: a9dc0e28fee4b440c2113b91aac43de29e941b2e9cdb0c89fbf583540dad8bdb

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Reporting entityBroward County Public Schools

Victim entityBroward County Public Schools

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative and technical safeguards

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing