INDIANAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Hopebridge

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 19, 2018

Filed

Aug 31, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,411

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Hopebridge →

Hopebridge reported to HHS on 2018-08-31 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1411 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Unauthorized actor accessed employee email accounts between March and July 2018, exposing clinical information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 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 · 140 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Mar 1, 2018

Begins

Jul 19, 2018

Discovered

Aug 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,411 affectedView incident

Name: Hopebridge
norm: hopebridge
Domain: jobs.hopebridge.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Hopebridge
norm: hopebridge
Domain: jobs.hopebridge.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 19, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2018 – Jul 19, 2018
Undetected for: 140 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,411nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Credentials
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented these corrective action steps
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Formalized its incident response reporting procedure
Trained staff on the new procedure
Implemented additional access controls
Implemented two-factor authentication for all system administrators and executive staff
Changes made: Implemented additional access controls
Implemented two-factor authentication for all system administrators and executive staff
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 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: Jul 19, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 19, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 19, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 19, 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: Aug 31, 2018
Raw hash: 1883b88054280a58245d24731a7741bd9255b8138e150dc9ca3f579ee7f0bc34

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Reporting entityHopebridge

Victim entityHopebridge

Incidentdiscovered Jul 19, 2018

Stated responseFormalized its incident response reporting procedure

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing