KENTUCKYMisuseHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Kentucky Counseling Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 11, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

16,440

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Kentucky Counseling Center →

Kentucky Counseling Center, LLC reported to HHS on 2019-02-11 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 16440 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. A former contractor sent a former staff member an email containing patient PHI, including demographic and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, the FBI, and affected individuals, and implemented encryption, MFA, and retraining.

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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

Feb 11, 2019

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_28338d9bf270f92e2019-02-13 · +2dVerified

Name: Kentucky Counseling Center
norm: kentucky counseling center
Domain: kentuckycounselingcenter.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Kentucky Counseling Center
norm: kentucky counseling center
Domain: kentuckycounselingcenter.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 16,440nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSNotified the FBIOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Notified the FBI
Adopted encryption technology
Implemented two-factor authentication
Strengthened password requirements
Retrained contractors and employees on HIPAA
Added additional controls to its electronic medical record (EMR) system
Conducted a risk assessment
Developed new policies and procedures
Changes made: Adopted encryption technology
Implemented two-factor authentication
Strengthened password requirements
Retrained contractors and employees on HIPAA
Added additional controls to its electronic medical record (EMR) system
Conducted a risk assessment
Developed new policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRFeb 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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: Feb 11, 2019
Raw hash: 34a7f8d382bc04a6ee37f1876408ee8dbde3385ce9710fcad9aa46c93e41981a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityKentucky Counseling Center

Victim entityKentucky Counseling Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing