OKLAHOMASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Aspire Home Care and Hospice

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 9, 2015

Filed

Oct 9, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

4,278

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Aspire Home Care and Hospice →

Aspire Home Care and Hospice reported to HHS on 2015-10-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4278 individuals. Breached information located on Email. The incident involved phishing scams targeting employee Google email accounts, exposing PHI including demographic info, SSNs, and treatment data. Corrective actions included technical safeguards, workforce phishing training, policy updates, risk analysis, and identity theft monitoring.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Oct 9, 2015

Begins

Oct 9, 2015

Discovered

Oct 9, 2015

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,278 affectedView incident

Name: Aspire Home Care and Hospice
norm: aspire home care and hospice
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Aspire Home Care and Hospice
norm: aspire home care and hospice
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 9, 2015
Breach occurred: Oct 9, 2015 – Oct 22, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,278nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
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: provided extensive technical assistance by OCR
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional technical safeguards to prevent future security incidents of this nature
Launching a phishing campaign to better train and educate workforce members regarding potential phishing incidents
Implementing additional Privacy and Security policies and procedures to ensure full compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules
Conducted an updated risk analysis and implemented a corresponding risk management plan
Offered affected individuals identity theft monitoring services for one year at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional Privacy and Security policies and procedures
Conducted an updated risk analysis and implemented a corresponding risk management plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 9, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 9, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 9, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 9, 2015 → 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, 2015
Raw hash: e81d44c853ea90d1cc9a891d6aa261ad4f637f56d76cfdc8a474cadaa5bb512d

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Reporting entityAspire Home Care and Hospice

Victim entityAspire Home Care and Hospice

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2015

Stated responseImplemented additional technical safeguards to prevent future security incidents of this nature

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing