NORTH CAROLINASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

ABB Optical Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 25, 2017

Filed

Sep 11, 2017

To disclose

17 days

Affected

28,012

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for ABB Optical Group →

ABB, Inc. (NC) reported to HHS on 2017-09-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 28,012 individuals. On August 25, 2017, four employees of ABB, Inc.'s health plan were victims of an email phishing scheme, potentially exposing names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and insurance member ID numbers of 28,017 individuals. The CE strengthened its email security measures and technical policies. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented. Breached information was located on Email systems.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time17 days discovery → filing

⚠ 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 · 17 days

Aug 25, 2017

Begins

Aug 25, 2017

Discovered

Sep 11, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed28,012 affectedView incident

Name: ABB Optical Group
norm: abb optical
Domain: abboptical.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: ABB Optical Group
norm: abb optical
Domain: abboptical.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 25, 2017
Breach occurred: Aug 25, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 28,012nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submitted 2017-09-11OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Strengthened technical security policies and procedures
Implemented additional security measures for email system
Employee training on HIPAA policies and procedures reinforced
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 days(17 days from discovery to filing)
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: Aug 25, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 25, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 25, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 25, 2017 → 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: Sep 11, 2017
Raw hash: 8c5622cf25a8e70b8527cc879cd972a64d81694d85f8e1de5cd02350a1e73e73

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Reporting entityABB Optical Group

Victim entityABB Optical Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 25, 2017

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing