NORTH DAKOTASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancialHighContained

McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 16, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

8,345

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc. →2 incidents on file

McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc. reported to HHS on 2024-02-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8345 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and treatment data. The CE implemented additional safeguards and retrained staff.

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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

Feb 16, 2024

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.Confirmed8,345 affectedView incident

Name: McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc.
norm: mckenzie county healthcare system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: McKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc.
norm: mckenzie county healthcare system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,345nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
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: The CE notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained
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: Feb 16, 2024
Raw hash: 20f1fb478f382689090ba4b6c8b99e392ad03c0a2638e9582997f0db33e09155

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Reporting entityMcKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc.

Victim entityMcKenzie County Healthcare System, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing