MISSOURIHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)CredentialsMediumResolved

The Children's Mercy Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 15, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

4,067

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for The Children's Mercy Hospital →5 incidents on file

Children's Mercy Hospital reported to HHS on 2014-08-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4067 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate StayWell Health Management and subcontractor Onsite Health Diagnostics were involved. PHI including names, contact info, and encrypted passwords was accessed.

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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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 15, 2014

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,067 affectedView incident

Name: The Children's Mercy Hospital
norm: the children s mercy hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Children's Mercy Hospital
norm: the children s mercy hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,067nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Credentials
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided documentation substantiating all actions taken as a result of OCR's investigation
Third party: via StayWell Health Managementbusiness associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Moved all data from the affected scheduling application
Moved all of its clients to a new scheduling platform
Completely decommissioned the vulnerable platform
Conducted a comprehensive security audit
Changes made: Moved all clients to a new scheduling platform
Completely decommissioned the vulnerable platform
Conducted a comprehensive security audit
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.

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 15, 2014
Raw hash: 0fe3867ad8253e5d29ed3e07a19b3c58c99d8105febac03c7b17ac2503612699

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Reporting entityThe Children's Mercy Hospital

Victim entityThe Children's Mercy Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing