CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Gold Coast Health Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 5, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

37,005

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Gold Coast Health Plan →2 incidents on file

Gold Coast Health Plan reported to HHS OCR on October 5, 2018 a Hacking/IT Incident (phishing) affecting 37,005 individuals. Phishing attacks compromised workforce members' email accounts. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, Medi-Cal numbers, health plan names, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. Breached information located in Email.

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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

Oct 5, 2018

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_b889665a2e62b2e12018-10-05Verified by operator

Name: Gold Coast Health Plan
norm: gold coast health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Gold Coast Health Plan
norm: gold coast health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 5, 2018
Affected individuals: 37,005nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email CollectionT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported breach to HHS OCR on October 5, 2018Provided OCR with additional documentation including revised policies and procedures and new employee orientation packetOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented new technical safeguards
Trained its workforce members on phishing attacks
Implemented risk analysis and risk management plans as recommended by its security company
Provided OCR with additional documentation including its revised policies and procedures and its new employee orientation packet
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: Oct 5, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Oct 5, 2018	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGOct 5 · first

HHS OCROct 5 · first · this page

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 5, 2018
Raw hash: dedf035da3852a04278f3c1c4249b17daf03b431634f81a92179c91047e4eea8

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGold Coast Health Plan

Victim entityGold Coast Health Plan

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing