DELAWAREAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 16, 2020

Filed

Nov 12, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

9,930

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Delaware Department of Health and Social Services →2 incidents on file

Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health reported to HHS on 2020-11-12 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 9930 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee mistakenly mailed electronic protected health information (names, DOB, lab results, clinical info) to an unauthorized person. The entity sanctioned the employee and retrained staff.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 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 · 8 weeks / 57 days

Sep 16, 2020

Discovered

Nov 12, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,930 affectedView incident

Name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
norm: delaware department of health and social
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
norm: delaware department of health and social
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 16, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,930nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employee
Retrained its workforce members on the proper methods of safeguarding its sensitive data
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions noted
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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: Sep 16, 2020
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 16, 2020
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 16, 2020 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 16, 2020 → 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: Nov 12, 2020
Raw hash: 82f36286f24ff9165c3d37de77db0444f4f6091d7b12ffc9bf114615e3deed79

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Reporting entityDelaware Department of Health and Social Services

Victim entityDelaware Department of Health and Social Services

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2020

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employee

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing