NORTH DAKOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

catholic charities

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 23, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,901

Confidence

69%

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Catholic Charities of North Dakota reported to HHS on 2021-04-23 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1901 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing attack compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license, SSN, and treatment info. Response included credit monitoring, security safeguard strengthening, and staff retraining.

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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

Apr 23, 2021

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.Confirmed1,901 affectedView incident

Name: catholic charities
Domain: catholiccharitiesnd.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: catholic charities
Domain: catholiccharitiesnd.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,901nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained on email security
Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
Changes made: Strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained on email security
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: Apr 23, 2021
Raw hash: dedc4dfaf2e5d370a49c560ae00130f18e67130b0de23f945faceb3558793938

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Reporting entitycatholic charities

Victim entitycatholic charities

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing