OHIOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

THE KROGER CO.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 25, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

2,752

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for THE KROGER CO. →7 incidents on file

The Kroger Co. reported to HHS on 2019-10-25 a Loss affecting 2752 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. An employee improperly disposed of PHI including names, DOBs, addresses, diagnoses, and medication info. The CE sanctioned the employee and re-trained staff on disposal and retention policies.

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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

Oct 25, 2019

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_31a86955c6e412562019-10-25Candidate

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,752nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Sanctioned the responsible employee and manager
Changes made: Re-trained employees on the proper disposal of PHI
Re-trained employees on record retention policies in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule
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

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HHS OCROct 25 · first

HHS OCROct 25 · first · 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: Oct 25, 2019
Raw hash: f4ed89e8c57b71beb74a2b3fe7ed99b53ebb288421c9f25ec6e9c65c113a6a6b

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE KROGER CO.

Victim entityTHE KROGER CO.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing