TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Knoxville Heart Group, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 26, 2018

Filed

Apr 27, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

15,995

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Knoxville Heart Group, Inc. →

Knoxville Heart Group, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-04-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 15995 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Unauthorized access gained via phishing email exposing PHI, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial account numbers.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 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 · 9 weeks / 60 days

Feb 26, 2018

Discovered

Apr 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed15,995 affectedView incident

Name: Knoxville Heart Group, Inc.
norm: knoxville heart
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Knoxville Heart Group, Inc.
norm: knoxville heart
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 26, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,995nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance of risk analysis and management plans as well as phishing preventionOCR obtained assurances that the CE met its notification requirements and implemented the corrective actions listed above
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Terminated the unauthorized access
Reset the email account password
Blocked all internal emails coming from the compromised email account
Retrained all of its employees
Provided free credit monitoring services and identity theft insurance to individuals whose financial information was compromised
Created a secure email messaging platform for its practitioners to use on mobile devices
Conducted a risk analysis
Revised its Security Rule policies and procedures to prevent reoccurrence
Provided breach notification to HHS, the media, affected individuals, and on its website
Changes made: Conducted a risk analysis
Revised its Security Rule policies and procedures to prevent reoccurrence
Created a secure email messaging platform for its practitioners to use on mobile devices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 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: Feb 26, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 26, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 26, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 26, 2018 → 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: Apr 27, 2018
Raw hash: 98e5b9f6233a7bdccec1cdb96083763da8891c014d47e1ff23fd302917f79600

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Reporting entityKnoxville Heart Group, Inc.

Victim entityKnoxville Heart Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 26, 2018

Stated responseTerminated the unauthorized access

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing