PUERTO RICOPhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

Triple-S Salud, Inc.

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Severity

High

Financial impact

$3.50M

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 2, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

5,795

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Triple-S Salud, Inc. →7 incidents on file

Triple-S Salud (a subsidiary of Triple-S Management Corporation, a Puerto Rico health insurer) reported to HHS OCR on 2014-04-02 a Theft breach affecting 5,795 individuals. Breached PHI was located on 'Other' media. OCR investigations found widespread HIPAA non-compliance including failure to safeguard PHI, impermissible disclosures to a vendor lacking a BAA, and excess PHI use in mailings. Triple-S settled for $3.5 million and adopted a corrective action plan.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 2, 2014

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_c8dac87aafc805f82014-04-15 · +13dCandidate

Name: Triple-S Salud, Inc.
norm: triple s salud
Domain: salud.grupotriples.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Triple-S Salud, Inc.
norm: triple s salud
Domain: salud.grupotriples.com
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,795nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation initiated following multiple breach notificationsSettlement reached with HHS OCR: $3.5 million paymentCorrective Action Plan adopted

During the incident: Agreed to $3.5 million settlement with HHS OCR
Adopted corrective action plan to address HIPAA compliance deficiencies
Engaged in risk analysis and risk management plan development
Implemented policies and procedures for HIPAA compliance
Established workforce training program on HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
Changes made: Comprehensive HIPAA compliance program established
Risk analysis and risk management plan implemented
Process for evaluating environmental/operational changes affecting ePHI security
Updated policies and procedures for HIPAA Rules compliance
Training program for workforce and business associates
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRApr 2 · first · this page

HHS OCR+13d

Pattern: first filing Apr 2 (PR), last Apr 15 (PR) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Apr 2, 2014
Raw hash: 2817fa7bb153e9dc152d27692067cb1822c3fb1f99dbd4e15f3fa82d5256b624

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTriple-S Salud, Inc.

Victim entityTriple-S Salud, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseAgreed to $3.5 million settlement with HHS OCR

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing