MISSISSIPPIAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Mississippi State Department of Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 25, 2018

Filed

Mar 26, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

30,799

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Mississippi State Department of Health →

Mississippi State Department of Health reported to HHS on 2018-03-26 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 30,799 individuals. On January 25, 2018, an employee accidentally emailed an unencrypted spreadsheet containing PHI (names, ID numbers, dates of birth, SSNs, and STD lab results) to external contractors on a joint project. Contractors confirmed they did not retain or share the PHI. The CE sanctioned responsible employees, provided onsite HIPAA training, and issued timely notifications to HHS, individuals, and media. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time9 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 / 60 days

Jan 25, 2018

Begins

Jan 25, 2018

Discovered

Mar 26, 2018

Filed

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on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed30,799 affectedView incident

Name: Mississippi State Department of Health
norm: mississippi state department of health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Mississippi State Department of Health
norm: mississippi state department of health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jan 25, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 25, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 30,799nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
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 Protocol
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions and performed its notification obligations.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned employees at fault
Provided onsite HIPAA training to employees
Timely breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: HIPAA training provided to employees
Employee sanctions applied
Review of email transmission encryption practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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: Jan 25, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 25, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 25, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 25, 2018 → 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: Mar 26, 2018
Raw hash: 2b1fdfba14022bdc4dd5399d27ffdd3470ec599dbcb6209b5d2363bd446f484f

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Reporting entityMississippi State Department of Health

Victim entityMississippi State Department of Health

Incidentdiscovered Jan 25, 2018

Stated responseSanctioned employees at fault

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing