CONNECTICUTHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

The Connection Fund, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 7, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

3,736

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The Connection Fund, Inc. →3 incidents on file

The Connection, Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-08-07 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3736 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Two employees were victims of an email phishing scheme affecting ePHI including names, DOB, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and financial/clinical info. CE notified HHS, individuals, media, provided substitute notice, credit monitoring, and identity protection. Implemented technical safeguards and staff retraining.

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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

Aug 7, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_89ef5ae65c8025832020-08-06 · +1dVerified

Name: The Connection Fund, Inc.
norm: the connection
Domain: theconnectioninc.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Connection Fund, Inc.
norm: the connection
Domain: theconnectioninc.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,736nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained its staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 6 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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 7, 2020
Raw hash: d4020033282c89aa4e4bbac96647296814a20cf6c0284792e38bd67240095439

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Connection Fund, Inc.

Victim entityThe Connection Fund, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing