PUERTO RICOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Phmhs

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 11, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

5,000

Confidence

94%

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PHMHS (Puerto Rico, Business Associate) reported to HHS on 2013-09-11 a Theft/accidental disclosure affecting 5,000 individuals. A subcontractor (PHM Software Solutions) of the covered entity's BA (PHM Healthcare Solutions) modified a software application that exposed ePHI — including names, gender, member IDs, dates of birth, and consent forms — on the Internet. The BA removed the application upon discovery. OCR investigated and required a risk analysis and risk management plan. Breached information located on Network Server.

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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

Sep 11, 2013

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,000 affectedView incident

Name: Phmhs
norm: phmhs
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Phmhs
norm: phmhs
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: OCR investigated the breach and provided technical assistance to the covered entity regarding its obligations under the Privacy and Security Rules regarding business associate agreements.OCR required the covered entity to have its BA conduct a risk analysis and create a risk management plan.
Third party: via PHM Software Solutions

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, the media, and affected individuals.
Substitute notice posted on the covered entity's website.
BA removed the software application and placed it offline.
Changes made: Business associate (PHM Healthcare Solutions) removed the software application and took it offline.
Risk analysis conducted by the BA at OCR's direction.
Risk management plan created to address vulnerabilities identified in the risk analysis.
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: Sep 11, 2013
Raw hash: 8b4ae7aa520876c0f0b98b08107e88dcf13432d3416f180fc807a963fdb9ce66

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Reporting entityPhmhs

Victim entityPhmhs

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, the media, and affected individuals.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing