DisclosureLens
NORTH CAROLINAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCapture Stored DataBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)MediumResolved

E-dreamz, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 19, 2013

Filed

May 10, 2013

To disclose

21 days

Affected

1,924

Confidence

95%
Full breach record for E-dreamz, Inc.

E-dreamz, Inc. (NC, Business Associate) reported to HHS on 2013-05-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,924 individuals. On April 19, 2013, an unauthorized person gained access to E-dreamz's network servers — which hosted a website for covered entity Piedmont HealthCare, P.A. — and obtained patients' names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and credit card information. The CE terminated its relationship with E-dreamz, engaged a new BA vendor, and initiated legal proceedings. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

HIPAA clock HHS report on time21 days discovery → filing
occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Apr 19, 2013

Begins

Apr 19, 2013

Discovered

May 10, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,924 affectedView incident

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.