GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

National DCP Health Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 8, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,190

Confidence

96%

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In March 2017, an employee of National DCP Health Plan (GA, Health Plan) followed a link in a phishing email, resulting in an unauthorized external actor accessing her email account. PHI exposed for 1,190 individuals included health plan enrollment data: names, addresses, SSNs, and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and posted notice on its website; it also reported to the FBI and Secret Service. OCR investigated and obtained assurances that the CE implemented MFA for email, improved inbound email safeguards, and conducted phishing awareness training for its workforce. Breached information located on Email.

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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

Mar 1, 2017

Begins

Aug 8, 2017

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,190 affectedView incident

Name: National DCP Health Plan
norm: national dcp health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: National DCP Health Plan
norm: national dcp health plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,190nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported to HHS OCRReported to FBIReported to Secret ServiceOCR investigation conducted; corrective actions implemented with OCR assurances obtained
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and on its website
Reported incident to the FBI and the Secret Service
Implemented multi-factor authentication for access to email systems
Improved safeguards for inbound email
Required additional training sessions for workforce including phishing recognition training and testing
Changes made: Multi-factor authentication implemented for email access
Improved inbound email safeguards
Workforce phishing awareness training and testing
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: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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: Aug 8, 2017
Raw hash: d171b353b8f34b4f4752c158d2ebf466291117282ea20fff6daeb1e3e3b6c6ec

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Reporting entityNational DCP Health Plan

Victim entityNational DCP Health Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and on its website

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing