WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLow

Seattle Indian Health Board

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 6, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

793

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Seattle Indian Health Board →2 incidents on file

The Seattle Indian Health Board reported to HHS on October 6, 2016, a hacking incident affecting 793 individuals. The breach resulted from a cyber-attack on an employee email account on August 10, 2016, potentially exposing patients' clinical, demographic, and financial information. The information was located within the email system.

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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

Aug 10, 2016

Begins

Oct 6, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed793 affectedView incident

Name: Seattle Indian Health Board
norm: seattle indian health board
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Seattle Indian Health Board
norm: seattle indian health board
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Aug 10, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 793nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR investigationOCR provided technical assistance

During the incident: Notified affected parties and the media
Provided retraining to the responsible workforce member
Provided additional training to other workforce members
Changes made: Performed an updated Risk Analysis and drafted a corresponding risk management plan
Updated relevant policies and procedures
Implemented additional information security safeguards
Implemented a company-wide password change and structured password management and control measures
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.

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 6, 2016
Raw hash: ba9a425003e1fec472461ce0d04ed9a73feadc45682e6b2430fe462432bbf993

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Reporting entitySeattle Indian Health Board

Victim entitySeattle Indian Health Board

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected parties and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing