SOUTH CAROLINAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Bon Secours Saint Francis

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 27, 2015

Filed

Oct 26, 2015

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1,997

Confidence

66%

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Bon Secours Saint Francis reported to HHS on 2015-10-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1997 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. An employee accessed patient PHI without professional need for insurance fraud purposes.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late13 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 · 13 weeks / 91 days

Jul 27, 2015

Discovered

Oct 15, 2015

Scope determined

Oct 26, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,997 affectedView incident

Name: Bon Secours Saint Francis
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Bon Secours Saint Francis
norm: bon secours saint francis
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 27, 2015
Materiality determined: Oct 15, 2015
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,997nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Reviewed its policies
Re-trained staff
Assessed whether behavior-based auditing software programs would be an appropriate addition to current security measures
Terminated the involved employee's employment
Changes made: Reviewed its policies
Re-trained staff
Assessed whether behavior-based auditing software programs would be an appropriate addition to current security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(91 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS 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: Jul 27, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 27, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 27, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 27, 2015 → 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: Oct 26, 2015
Raw hash: 0727c7aa03bbacf20ad88c967d79fc37cc05dec6bbe9c411a2d120bdbd16b69c

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Reporting entityBon Secours Saint Francis

Victim entityBon Secours Saint Francis

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2015

Stated responseReviewed its policies

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing