MARYLANDSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingPHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Penn-Mar Human Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 25, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

536

Confidence

92%

Full breach record for Penn-Mar Human Services →2 incidents on file

Penn-Mar Human Services, a Maryland healthcare provider, reported that an employee fell victim to an email phishing scheme that exposed PHI of 536 individuals, including names, Social Security numbers, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services; implemented additional safeguards; and retrained workforce on email security.

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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

Nov 25, 2019

Filed

—

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.Confirmed536 affectedView incident

Name: Penn-Mar Human Services
norm: penn mar human

Name: Penn-Mar Human Services
norm: penn mar human
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 536nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Retrained workforce members on email security
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: Nov 25, 2019
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Nov 25, 2019	—	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: Nov 25, 2019
Raw hash: 53b5fef3845769fa467e111a8476ac4f0f02b6c5a52c3aea73065a94777e3b5d

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Reporting entityPenn-Mar Human Services

Victim entityPenn-Mar Human Services

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing