VIRGINIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Sentara Healthcare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 17, 2016

Filed

Jan 16, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

5,454

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Sentara Healthcare →7 incidents on file

Sentara Healthcare reported to HHS on 2017-01-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5454 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved business associate Medstreaming, where a cybersecurity incident impacted vascular and thoracic patient records (2012-2015). The CE and BA hired forensic teams, rebuilt the platform, and improved technical safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Nov 17, 2016

Discovered

Jan 16, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,454 affectedView incident

Name: Sentara Healthcare
norm: sentara healthcare
Domain: sentara.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sentara Healthcare
norm: sentara healthcare
Domain: sentara.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 17, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,454nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed a copy of the BA Agreement, the notification of the breach to the affected individuals, as well as the security measures implemented to address risks and vulnerabilitiesOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed
Third party: via Medstreamingbusiness associate

During the incident: Hired system forensic teams to look for exfiltration of data and evidence of inappropriate access to the system
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Engaged a cybersecurity forensics firm to perform complete network compromise assessment
Changes made: Rebuilt its Medstreaming platform
Improved technical safeguards, including monitoring the internet-facing cybersecurity posture of high-risk third party service providers
Installing tools to block malware callback activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 17, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 17, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 17, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 17, 2016 → 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: Jan 16, 2017
Raw hash: 09dbe3eccc29975e76429b3e3e668de6e938346fb57ecb8cc0bed3e418987f34

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Reporting entitySentara Healthcare

Victim entitySentara Healthcare

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2016

Stated responseHired system forensic teams to look for exfiltration of data and evidence of inappropriate access to the system

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing