MICHIGANAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Area Agency of Aging 1-B

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 13, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,741

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Area Agency of Aging 1-B →

Area Agency of Aging 1-B (MI) reported to HHS on 2017-04-13 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,741 individuals. A workforce member failed to encrypt emails with spreadsheet attachments sent to intended recipients. The unencrypted emails exposed PHI including names, case numbers, dates of service, and medical procedure codes. The CE (Michigan DHHS/Aging and Adult Services Agency) notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Corrective actions included HIPAA training, email encryption enforcement, policy updates, and separation of the responsible staff member. OCR obtained documented assurances of compliance. Breached information located on 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

Apr 13, 2017

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,741 affectedView incident

Name: Area Agency of Aging 1-B
norm: area agency of aging 1 b
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Area Agency of Aging 1-B
norm: area agency of aging 1 b
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,741nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Ensured staff completed mandatory agency-wide HIPAA training
Followed up with the involved staff member
Person responsible for unencrypted emails is no longer working with the agency
Improved technical safeguards to encrypt all outgoing emails and attachments
Initiated review and update of HIPAA policies and procedures
Changes made: Mandatory agency-wide HIPAA training implemented
Technical safeguards enhanced to enforce email encryption
HIPAA policies and procedures reviewed and updated
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.

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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 13, 2017
Raw hash: 4c88f18b9fb683ecb4f714b3ed7c0152d0aa93977af1702c25bee21b99e54793

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Reporting entityArea Agency of Aging 1-B

Victim entityArea Agency of Aging 1-B

IncidentUnauthorized Access

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

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing