TENNESSEESocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

UNUM GROUP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 24, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

532

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for UNUM GROUP →12 incidents on file

Unum Group reported to HHS on 2019-01-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 532 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was victim of an email phishing scheme exposing PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and health diagnoses. Unum retained counsel, hired forensic investigators, forced password resets, implemented MFA, and provided HIPAA training.

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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

Jan 24, 2019

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed532 affectedView incident

Name: UNUM GROUP
norm: unum group
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: UNUM GROUP
norm: unum group
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 532nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding timely breach notificationOCR obtained assurances that the CE met its notification requirements
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Retained legal counsel
Hired forensic investigators to assist with the investigation
Provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals
Deleted the phishing email from mailboxes
Forced password resets
Changes made: Updated and completed a risk analysis
Implemented multi-factor authentication
Reduced email retention
Blocked suspicious websites
Provided supplemental HIPAA training to its workforce
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: Jan 24, 2019
Raw hash: 8f3a1b9e6c3a8f7d6b04ec6842d50bee8adf43cd2dbb98491c510e00838c02a4

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Reporting entityUNUM GROUP

Victim entityUNUM GROUP

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseRetained legal counsel

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing