WASHINGTONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Family Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 11, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

4,373

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

96%

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Family Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc. (WA) reported to HHS on 2024-07-11 a breach affecting 4,373 individuals. The covered entity's business associate impermissibly disposed of a laptop containing PHI, including names, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and treatment information. Breached information was located on a Network Server/laptop. The CE terminated its BA relationship and implemented new administrative and technical safeguards.

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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

Jul 11, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1645ea2e15c580062024-07-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3e253be12fe0290e2024-07-11Verified

Name: Family Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc.
norm: family dynamics counseling
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Family Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc.
norm: family dynamics counseling
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,373nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Terminated business relationship with business associate
Implemented new administrative safeguards
Implemented new technical safeguards
Changes made: Business associate relationship terminated
New administrative and technical safeguards implemented
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 · 3 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGJul 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 11 · first

HHS OCRJul 11 · first · 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: Jul 11, 2024
Raw hash: dac2451ba93f9b1bee0cc59608c3e5cff04af81c29e5398ab671def5da2ee3bf

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFamily Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc.

Victim entityFamily Dynamics Counseling Services, Inc.

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing