WYOMINGSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Wyoming Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 25, 2016

Filed

Apr 20, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3,184

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Wyoming Medical Center →

On February 25, 2016, Wyoming Medical Center discovered that a hacker had compromised two employees' email accounts via phishing, exposing ePHI (names, medical record numbers, account numbers, dates of service, dates of birth, and other medical information) for 3,184 individuals. The CE notified affected individuals and media, reset email passwords, scanned systems for malware, and delivered phishing-awareness training. OCR provided technical assistance regarding ePHI safeguards for email in transit and at rest.

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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 / 55 days

Feb 25, 2016

Discovered

Apr 20, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,184 affectedView incident

Name: Wyoming Medical Center
norm: wyoming medical center

Name: Wyoming Medical Center
norm: wyoming medical center
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 25, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,184nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Phishing
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation; technical assistance provided

During the incident: Notified affected individuals and the media
Changed email passwords
Scanned systems to confirm absence of malware
Provided employees additional phishing awareness training
Changes made: Email password reset
Malware scan of systems
Phishing awareness training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 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: Feb 25, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 25, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 25, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 25, 2016 → 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 20, 2016
Raw hash: d0df0b3111c15830ccf3c1942c37205278fc29e90f9990abaa3e3fa2e9c9e309

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Reporting entityWyoming Medical Center

Victim entityWyoming Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Feb 25, 2016

Stated responseNotified affected individuals and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing