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East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging

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On September 5, 2017, ransomware encrypted files in East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging's Microsoft Azure environment. The breach affected PHI of 8,000 individuals (HHS-reported count: 8,750), including names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and Medicaid numbers stored on a network server. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Remediation included engaging a cybersecurity firm, deploying cloud security software, resetting passwords, updating remote access procedures, and employee training. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective actions.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,750 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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 31, 2017
Raw hash: ceb63173f2a06d97489b5c0fb7a014b4ec96b63eb75e2703e6b2a41abc3333d3

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging
norm: east central kansas area agency on aging

Victim entity

Name: East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging
norm: east central kansas area agency on aging
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Incident

Discovered: Sep 5, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,750
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained documented assurances of voluntary corrective actions

Compliance

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 5, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.