WASHINGTONMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Medium

Community Health Plan of Washington

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 3, 2016

Filed

Jan 3, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,375

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Community Health Plan of Washington →

Community Health Plan of Washington reported to HHS on 2017-01-03 a ransomware incident at a business associate, Summit Reinsurance, affecting 1,375 individuals. The breach, discovered on November 3, 2016, occurred on a network server and compromised protected health information including names, addresses, dates of birth, provider names, and health insurance claim information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 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 · 9 weeks / 61 days

Nov 3, 2016

Discovered

Jan 3, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_73ea96eb0f43c5892017-01-03Verified
Montana State AGbd_8eedda41b0dc71892016-12-29 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_d2a27a544a1af8442016-12-25 · +9dVerified
Washington State AGbd_0a35fce30888272b2016-12-21 · +13dCandidate

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HHS OCRbd_b14071585111bf302016-12-21 · +13dVerified

Name: Community Health Plan of Washington
norm: community health plan of washington
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Community Health Plan of Washington
norm: community health plan of washington
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 3, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,375nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: PartnerFinancial

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Changes made: Offered free credit monitoring
Revised policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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: Nov 3, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 3, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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Washington State AGDec 21 · first

HHS OCRDec 21 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

Montana State AG+8d

New Hampshire State AG+13d

HHS OCR+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (WA), last Jan 3 (WA) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Jan 3, 2017
Raw hash: 3590f5a0cea549dc029ba517414bf737f28b3d065235de62c8dff53b6bf4c298

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCommunity Health Plan of Washington

Victim entityCommunity Health Plan of Washington

Incidentdiscovered Nov 3, 2016

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing