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.

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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

6 wks faster

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

Name: E-dreamz, Inc.
norm: e dreamz

Name: E-dreamz, Inc.
norm: e dreamz
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 19, 2013
Breach occurred: Apr 19, 2013
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,924nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Third party: via E-dreamz, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Free credit monitoring and identity theft protection offered to affected individuals
Changes made: CE terminated its agreement with E-dreamz
CE entered into a BA agreement with a new website hosting vendor
CE initiated legal proceedings against E-dreamz for breach of contract
CE offered affected individuals one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: 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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 19, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 19, 2013
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 19, 2013 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 19, 2013 → 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: May 10, 2013
Raw hash: c4e25b63084a93ffaf6060c62ebaafa6ad30618e21e14cb48e39ba672e6f818a

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Reporting entityE-dreamz, Inc.

Victim entityE-dreamz, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 19, 2013

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, media, and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing