MISSOURIAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Missouri Department of Social Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 6, 2013

Filed

Aug 2, 2013

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,357

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Missouri Department of Social Services →2 incidents on file

Missouri Department of Social Services reported to HHS on 2013-08-02 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,357 individuals. The CE's business associate, InfoCrossing Inc., mailed Missouri Medicaid participants' enrollment correspondence to incorrect addresses from October 16, 2011 to June 7, 2013. Exposed data included names, dates of birth, Medicaid account numbers, counties, phone numbers, and last four digits of SSNs (~1,546 individuals per description). Breached information located on Paper/Films. Remediation included deletion of mailing addresses from system, workforce training, and OCR-documented corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 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

undetected · 599 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Oct 16, 2011

Begins

Jun 6, 2013

Discovered

Aug 2, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,357 affectedView incident

Name: Missouri Department of Social Services
norm: missouri department of social

Name: Missouri Department of Social Services
norm: missouri department of social
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jun 6, 2013
Breach occurred: Oct 16, 2011 – Jun 7, 2013
Undetected for: 599 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,357nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notificationMissouri Attorney General's Office notification
Third party: via InfoCrossing Inc.

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Notification provided to the Missouri Attorney General's Office
Deleted all participants' mailing addresses from its system
Provided training to workforce on policies and procedures regarding cybersecurity awareness
Changes made: Deleted all participants' mailing addresses from its system
Workforce training on cybersecurity awareness policies and procedures
OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective actions implemented
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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: Jun 6, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 6, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 6, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 6, 2013 → 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 2, 2013
Raw hash: 017a9840a35be26a29e0161f595fbe7993b78d2ccf98e90b4f3213b335188a29

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Reporting entityMissouri Department of Social Services

Victim entityMissouri Department of Social Services

Incidentdiscovered Jun 6, 2013

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing