ILLINOISHackingHealthcareHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Business Associate (HIPAA)Employee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Assurecare Risk Management, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 9, 2011

Filed

Jul 21, 2011

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

25,330

Confidence

90%

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On May 9, 2011, a computer server at Assurecare Risk Management, Inc. (a former business associate of Gypsum Management & Supply, Inc. Medical and Dental Plan) was hacked, exposing demographic, clinical, and health insurance information for 25,330 of the covered entity's current and former employees. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR confirmed a proper BA agreement was in place. Internal investigation showed little activity on the server post-hack and no reports of misuse have been received.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered May 9, 2011 → Notified Jul 21, 2011✓ HHS notified10 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 · 10 weeks / 73 days

May 9, 2011

Begins

May 9, 2011

Discovered

Jul 21, 2011

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Part of Assurecare Risk Management, Inc. supply-chain incident (2011) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed25,330 affectedView incident

Name: Gypsum Management & Supply, Inc. Medical and Dental Plan
norm: gypsum management supply inc medical and dental plan

Name: Assurecare Risk Management, Inc.
norm: assurecare risk management
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 9, 2011
Breach occurred: May 9, 2011
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 21, 2011
Affected individuals: 25,330nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach report
Third party: via Assurecare Risk Management, Inc.BA whose server was hacked

During the incident: Breach notification to HHS
Breach notification to affected individuals
Breach notification to the media
Internal investigation
Changes made: OCR verified proper BA agreement was in place
Corrective actions taken by CE
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 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 9, 2011
→ Notified: Jul 21, 2011
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 9, 2011 → Notified: Jul 21, 2011	—	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 21, 2011
Raw hash: a1375cf6a778e979496b53f79b9150f9b35ae585ad289f097381d8c60e1fcf73

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Reporting entityGypsum Management & Supply, Inc. Medical and Dental Plan

Victim entityAssurecare Risk Management, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 9, 2011

Stated responseBreach notification to HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing