MISSISSIPPIAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Mississippi Division of Medicaid

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 7, 2017

Filed

May 26, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

5,220

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Mississippi Division of Medicaid →

Mississippi Division of Medicaid reported to HHS on 2017-05-26 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 5220 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee used WuFoo to post online forms requesting PHI, which were transmitted via unencrypted email. The CE revised policies, trained staff, and counseled the employee.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1071 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

May 2, 2014

Begins

Apr 7, 2017

Discovered

May 26, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed5,220 affectedView incident

Name: Mississippi Division of Medicaid
norm: mississippi division of medicaid
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Mississippi Division of Medicaid
norm: mississippi division of medicaid
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 7, 2017
Breach occurred: May 2, 2014
Undetected for: 1,071 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,220nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Cancelled its WuFoo account
Conducted an audit of all active contracts to ensure proper BAAs
Revised its purchasing policy and Privacy and Security policies
Trained staff on its new policies
Structured the Privacy Officer position to report directly to the CE’s Executive Director
Counseled the employee involved in the breach
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Revised purchasing policy and Privacy and Security policies
Trained staff on new policies
Structured the Privacy Officer position to report directly to the Executive Director
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 7, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 7, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 7, 2017 → 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: May 26, 2017
Raw hash: b4246fa2924998033e831d060d9c0555504f2ba786a27a6a4f7ac7909edf371b

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Reporting entityMississippi Division of Medicaid

Victim entityMississippi Division of Medicaid

Incidentdiscovered Apr 7, 2017

Stated responseCancelled its WuFoo account

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing