NORTH DAKOTAAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

North Dakota Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 1, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,452

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for North Dakota Department of Human Services →

North Dakota Department of Human Services (a state Health Plan) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-06-01 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 2,452 individuals. A workforce member disposed of PHI-containing documents in a dumpster. Exposed PHI included names, dates of birth, Medicaid provider numbers, dates of service, diagnosis codes, procedure codes, and billing information (Paper/Films). The responsible workforce member resigned in lieu of termination. The CE retrained staff, revised PHI-related policies, and provided OCR with written assurance of full workforce training on updated policies.

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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

Jun 1, 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.Confirmed2,452 affectedView incident

Name: North Dakota Department of Human Services
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: North Dakota Department of Human Services
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Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,452nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR technical assistance provided; CE revised PHI safeguarding policies, privacy training policies, sanctions policies, disclosure policies, and mitigation policy; CE provided written assurance of workforce training on updated policies.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified affected individuals.
Notified prominent media outlets.
Posted substitute notification on CE website.
Submitted breach report to HHS OCR.
Changes made: Workforce member responsible for breach resigned in lieu of termination.
CE trained staff in proper disposal of PHI.
CE revised policies on safeguarding PHI, privacy training, sanctions, disclosures, and mitigation.
CE provided OCR with written assurance that all workforce members will be trained on updated policies.
CE posted substitute notification on its website and notified affected individuals and prominent media outlets.
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: Jun 1, 2017
Raw hash: c0f3bef0998d0245b6b302d7956fa56e8cc1745d68f544f67679584da809a08b

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Reporting entityNorth Dakota Department of Human Services

Victim entityNorth Dakota Department of Human Services

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified affected individuals.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing