WASHINGTONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Highline Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 13, 2016

Filed

Sep 1, 2016

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

18,399

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Highline Medical Center →

CHI Franciscan Health Highline Medical Center (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-09-01 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 18,399 individuals. A business associate inadvertently left files containing patient ePHI publicly accessible via the internet from approximately mid-April 2016 to June 13, 2016. Breached information located on Network Server included patient names, dates of service, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. Following the breach, the CE terminated the BA relationship and the BA deleted all patient files from its systems.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified11 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

undetected · 59 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

Apr 15, 2016

Begins

Jun 13, 2016

Discovered

Sep 1, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b04c465b20c2ffc92016-09-01Verified
Washington State AGbd_b707869c9dd462f92016-08-31 · +1dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_efb4bbdc33642a3e2016-08-31 · +1dVerified

Name: Highline Medical Center
norm: highline medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Highline Medical Center
norm: highline medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 13, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 15, 2016 – Jun 13, 2016
Undetected for: 59 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 18,399nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed BA agreement in place at time of breach; OCR obtained assurances regarding individual notification, media notification, credit monitoring, and call center establishment.

During the incident: CE discontinued BA relationship with the responsible business associate
BA deleted all files containing CE patient information from its computer systems
Notified all affected individuals
Submitted notification to the media
Offered free credit monitoring services to all living affected individuals
Created a 24/7 call center for patients and other concerned individuals
Changes made: BA secured the publicly accessible files on June 13, 2016
BA provided validation of file deletion from its systems
CE terminated BA relationship
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 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: Jun 13, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 13, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGAug 31 · first

Montana State AGAug 31 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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: Sep 1, 2016
Raw hash: 47257079963251b56e5073d72fb631ec3ad897adba375588028acdcc110d7b00

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHighline Medical Center

Victim entityHighline Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2016

Stated responseCE discontinued BA relationship with the responsible business associate

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing