ALASKAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Fairbanks North Star Borough

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 14, 2018

Filed

Jul 19, 2018

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

6,346

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fairbanks North Star Borough →

Fairbanks North Star Borough reported to HHS on 2018-07-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 6346 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate, Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc., was subject to a ransomware attack that encrypted approximately 6,346 individuals' protected health information (PHI) maintained in its computer system. The types of PHI encrypted included demographic, financial, and clinical information.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late14 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 · 14 weeks / 96 days

Apr 14, 2018

Discovered

Jul 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c84517e141a6a7842018-07-19Verified
Montana State AGbd_ce7bd73395f1fd032018-07-20 · +1dVerified

Name: Fairbanks North Star Borough
norm: fairbanks north star borough
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Fairbanks North Star Borough
norm: fairbanks north star borough
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 14, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,346nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR provided substantial technical assistance to the CE
Third party: via Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc.business associate
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted a link to the notice on its website
Offered complimentary credit monitoring
Provided a dedicated toll-free number to answer inquiries
Ended the BA agreement with the BA
Obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above
Changes made: BA returned the physical records to the CE
Destroyed all the CE’s PHI from its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(96 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: Apr 14, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 14, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 14, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 14, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 19 · first

HHS OCRJul 19 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

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: Jul 19, 2018
Raw hash: 5be55ffd7a385d8fd07ea88b5279ba0771ac942067233b43afa4487114aba46d

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFairbanks North Star Borough

Victim entityFairbanks North Star Borough

Incidentdiscovered Apr 14, 2018

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing