CONNECTICUTAccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

ConnectiCare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 4, 2018

Filed

Feb 21, 2018

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,834

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for ConnectiCare →2 incidents on file

ConnectiCare (CT, Health Plan) reported to HHS OCR on 2018-02-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,834 individuals. On January 4, 2018, CE learned that its business associate RR Donnelly sent subscribers the wrong identification cards due to a programming logic error, exposing demographic and health plan information. OCR found CE policies and BA agreement compliant with the Privacy Rule. RR Donnelly implemented corrective coding logic on January 24, 2018. Individuals and media were notified per Breach Notification Rule. Breached information located on Paper/Films.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks 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 · 7 weeks / 48 days

Jan 4, 2018

Begins

Jan 4, 2018

Discovered

Feb 21, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,834 affectedView incident

Name: ConnectiCare
norm: connecticare
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: ConnectiCare
norm: connecticare
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 4, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 4, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,834nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed CE policies, procedures, and BA agreement; found compliance with Privacy Rule
Third party: via RR Donnelly

During the incident: CE directed BA (RR Donnelly) to address the programming logic error
BA implemented additional coding logic on January 24, 2018 to prevent recurrence
CE notified affected individuals and media in accordance with Breach Notification Rule
Changes made: Additional coding logic implemented by RR Donnelly on 2018-01-24
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(48 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: Jan 4, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 4, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 4, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 4, 2018 → 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: Feb 21, 2018
Raw hash: 037d6ebe28a2133ca1ca3314a66ece628fb665ba3f4e9b49659a88564d87d5f1

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Reporting entityConnectiCare

Victim entityConnectiCare

Incidentdiscovered Jan 4, 2018

Stated responseCE directed BA (RR Donnelly) to address the programming logic error

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing