NEW YORKMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Commission on Economic Opportunity

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 30, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

29,454

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Commission on Economic Opportunity →

Commission on Economic Opportunity reported to HHS on 2021-11-30 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 29454 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 29,454 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and diagnoses. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. The BA also provided training to its staff regarding its newly revised policies and procedures designed to protect PHI.

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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

Nov 30, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed29,454 affectedView incident

Name: Commission on Economic Opportunity
norm: commission on economic opportunity
Domain: ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Commission on Economic Opportunity
norm: commission on economic opportunity
Domain: ceopeoplehelpingpeople.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,454nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Commission on Economic Opportunitybusiness associate

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and physical safeguards
Provided training to its staff regarding its newly revised policies and procedures designed to protect PHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and physical safeguards
Provided training to its staff regarding its newly revised policies and procedures designed to protect PHI
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.

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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: Nov 30, 2021
Raw hash: 266a32389dbd25e7efe6a2699827fa395a399cec3a1b5c82b2a01ce7f2ee16da

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Reporting entityCommission on Economic Opportunity

Victim entityCommission on Economic Opportunity

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and physical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing