SOUTH CAROLINAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Medico of South Carolina, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Sep 17, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

6,489

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Medico of South Carolina, Inc. →

Medico of South Carolina, Inc. reported to HHS on 2019-09-17 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 6489 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An employee inadvertently misconfigured server settings, exposing ePHI including names, addresses, DOB, and treatment info. BA implemented safeguards and sanctioned employee.

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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 17, 2019

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_c5f18dd0a0b7f58b2019-09-18 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_c9ddff0d570a3c1f2019-01-01 · +259dCandidate

Name: Medico of South Carolina, Inc.
norm: medico of south carolina
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Medico of South Carolina, Inc.
norm: medico of south carolina
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,489nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided the BA with technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule and obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted
Third party: via Medico of South Carolina, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a call center for questions and concerns
Published substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
Sanctioned the responsible employee
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+259d · this page

Oregon State AG+260d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 18 (OR) — a 260-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 17, 2019
Raw hash: ab8b2e7c82085a4aa153ee5557407d8d282ea07c8614930814addc8f39439221

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedico of South Carolina, Inc.

Victim entityMedico of South Carolina, Inc.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a call center for questions and concerns

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing