MINNESOTAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Family Service Rochester

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 26, 2017

Filed

Feb 17, 2017

To disclose

22 days

Affected

17,037

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

91%

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Family Service Rochester, a Minnesota healthcare provider, discovered on January 26, 2017 that an unauthorized user had accessed a computer server containing names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of approximately 17,037 patients. The entity terminated access to the remote desktop and the compromised "programs" account, disabled stale accounts, revised HIPAA policies, and notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Jan 26, 2017 → Notified Feb 17, 201722d ✓ HHS report on time22 days 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 · 22 days

Jan 26, 2017

Discovered

Feb 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_131fbaaf18b5d6632017-02-17Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_d632dc2d26fc30962017-02-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f62205b9a41585022017-02-17Verified

Name: Family Service Rochester
norm: family service rochester

Name: Family Service Rochester
norm: family service rochester
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 26, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2017
Affected individuals: 17,037nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions

During the incident: Terminated all access to both its remote desktop and the compromised "programs" account
Reviewed all accounts with access to the computer drive to ensure compliance with its password policy
Disabled all accounts that had not been used in the past 90 days
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Reviewed and revised its HIPAA policies and procedures
Conducted risk analysis and risk management process
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 days(22 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 22dHHS 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: Jan 26, 2017
→ Notified: Feb 17, 2017
22d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 26, 2017
→ Notified: Feb 17, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 26, 2017 → Notified: Feb 17, 2017	22d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 26, 2017 → Notified: Feb 17, 2017	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGFeb 17 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 17 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 17 · first

HHS OCRFeb 17 · first · this page

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: Feb 17, 2017
Raw hash: 3d30d32e9bbc0e9378c4c8aec448ebc746618c614440eee1dd180ef815a93e8b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFamily Service Rochester

Victim entityFamily Service Rochester

Incidentdiscovered Jan 26, 2017

Stated responseTerminated all access to both its remote desktop and the compromised "programs" account

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing