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MASSACHUSETTSAccidentalHealthcareHealthcarePublishing ErrorSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Insulet Corporation

bd_ebaf86a6a4d9eab2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 18, 2017

Filed

Oct 17, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,469

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Insulet Corporation →8 incidents on file

On August 18, 2017, Insulet Corporation reported a data breach involving its business associate, Brainshark Inc. A technical error led to the exposure of 3,732 customer email addresses to other customers. In response, the training module causing the error was deactivated, Brainshark disabled the site, and the incident was investigated. Insulet Corporation provided breach notifications to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the 1,469 affected individuals. As a corrective action, the company terminated its contract with Brainshark Inc.

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

Aug 18, 2017

Begins

Aug 18, 2017

Discovered

Oct 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,469 affectedView incident

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.