GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Identity (basic)Health (basic)Low

Georgia Department of Community Health

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 26, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

532

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Georgia Department of Community Health →2 incidents on file

Georgia Department of Public Health reported that an employee of its business associate was the target of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 532 individuals. The PHI included names, diagnoses and conditions, and other treatment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and OCR provided technical assistance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Nov 26, 2024

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed532 affectedView incident

Name: Georgia Department of Community Health
norm: georgia department of community health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Georgia Department of Community Health
norm: georgia department of community health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 532nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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 26, 2024
Raw hash: 2f667a5aae417c29ebe15a529c8f1f3f55f359efd30f292e89cba7cd1be7201f

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Reporting entityGeorgia Department of Community Health

Victim entityGeorgia Department of Community Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing