DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

HOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 6, 2015

Filed

Jul 10, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,445

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE) →2 incidents on file

Howard University reported to HHS on 2015-07-10 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1445 individuals. Breached information located on Paper/Films. Business associates misdirected collection letters containing PHI.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered May 6, 2015 → Notified Jul 10, 2015✓ HHS notified9 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.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

May 6, 2015

Begins

May 6, 2015

Discovered

Jul 10, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,445 affectedView incident

Name: HOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE)
norm: howard university the
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: HOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE)
norm: howard university the
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 6, 2015
Breach occurred: May 6, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2015
Affected individuals: 1,445nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: The CE provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed
Third party: via California Healthcare Medical Billing, Inc. and JP Recovery Services, Inc.business associate

During the incident: CHMB developed policies and procedures to enhance its quality assurance process for reports containing PHI
JPRS IT staff worked closely with the CE to ensure that all future placement data files are verified as correct prior to downloading them into the collection system
The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notification on its website
Changes made: CHMB developed policies and procedures to enhance its quality assurance process for reports containing PHI
JPRS IT staff worked closely with the CE to ensure that all future placement data files are verified as correct prior to downloading them into the collection system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(65 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: May 6, 2015
→ Notified: Jul 10, 2015
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 6, 2015 → Notified: Jul 10, 2015	—	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: Jul 10, 2015
Raw hash: 5f3cee0e2ef1d6ea2a820006269effbdeda08a7b505e06bc6211a66ab86a442a

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Reporting entityHOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE)

Victim entityHOWARD UNIVERSITY (THE)

Incidentdiscovered May 6, 2015

Stated responseCHMB developed policies and procedures to enhance its quality assurance process for reports containing PHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing