COLORADOMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData PublishedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

bd_debfb934be62673f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 1, 2016

Filed

Nov 8, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2,130

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System →3 incidents on file

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System reported to HHS on 2016-11-08 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,130 individuals. A workforce member emailed a spreadsheet with veterans' PHI (names, diagnoses, last four SSN digits) to a personal email account and later published it in an Amazon book. OCR investigated and provided technical assistance. The CE notified affected individuals, offered credit monitoring, and worked with Amazon to remove the book.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified10 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

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Sep 1, 2016

Discovered

Nov 8, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,130 affectedView incident

Name: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
norm: va eastern colorado health care system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
norm: va eastern colorado health care system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 1, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,130nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative ProtocolT1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigated the breach and provided technical assistance regarding the 'notification to individuals' section of the Breach Notification Rule and the risk assessment process for breach notification
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, and HHS
Offered credit monitoring and contact information for affected individuals with questions regarding the breach
Provided OCR with written assurance that it is notifying the four individuals whose PHI appeared in the Amazon-published book
Investigated the incident
Worked with Amazon to remove the book from the retail website
Changes made: Trained the involved workforce member prior to his resignation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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: Sep 1, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 1, 2016 → 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: Nov 8, 2016
Raw hash: fa361824d2c27d6d662464cb2f6b994a41d05442cd3063821c54ca33f6b15b62

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html2.3 KB

Download View at source

Reporting entityVA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Victim entityVA Eastern Colorado Health Care System

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2016

Stated responseProvided breach notification to the affected individuals, the media, and HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing