CONNECTICUTAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Western Connecticut Health Network

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 19, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1,293

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Western Connecticut Health Network →

Western Connecticut Health Network reported to HHS on 2019-08-19 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1293 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. A box containing PHI was damaged during shipping, exposing names, addresses, DOBs, MRNs, and treatment info.

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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

Aug 19, 2019

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.Confirmed1,293 affectedView incident

Name: Western Connecticut Health Network
norm: western connecticut health network
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Western Connecticut Health Network
norm: western connecticut health network
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,293nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified OCROCR reviewed the covered entity’s policies and procedures

During the incident: Notified OCR, the media, and all affected individuals
Proceeding to phase in the use of electronic transmission of PHI in a secure format
Changes made: Proceeding to phase in the use of electronic transmission of PHI in a secure format
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: Aug 19, 2019
Raw hash: 1a44de367917c2f0436c89e38cd830db15e8e7e02ee3041a2500481cf067ada4

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Reporting entityWestern Connecticut Health Network

Victim entityWestern Connecticut Health Network

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified OCR, the media, and all affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing