MINNESOTAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Dakota County, Minnesota

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

Apr 12, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

1,026

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Dakota County, Minnesota →

Dakota County reported to HHS on 2019-04-12 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,026 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme exposing PHI including names, addresses, driver's license numbers, SSNs, health insurance, diagnoses, and clinical information. The CE implemented additional safeguards and retrained staff on identifying fraudulent emails.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Apr 12, 2019

Discovered

Apr 12, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2f3bc38825bd0a7d2019-04-12Candidate

Name: Dakota County, Minnesota
norm: dakota county minnesota
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Dakota County, Minnesota
norm: dakota county minnesota
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 12, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,026nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 12, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 12, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 12, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 12, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 12 · first

HHS OCRApr 12 · 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: Apr 12, 2019
Raw hash: 746e318fa8a281c600cdfadc29468b598e098d50ca494c58183030736cde3fa9

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDakota County, Minnesota

Victim entityDakota County, Minnesota

Incidentdiscovered Apr 12, 2019

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing