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ALASKAPhysicalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

City of Homer

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Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Dec 7, 2023

To disclose

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Affected

1,412

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for City of Homer →

City of Homer (Homer, AK) reported to HHS on 2023-12-07 a Loss affecting 1,412 individuals. A flash drive (Other Portable Electronic Device) containing PHI was misplaced. Exposed data included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, posted a substitute notice on its website, and implemented additional administrative/technical safeguards. Staff were retrained on PHI protection requirements. No business associate was involved.

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

Dec 7, 2023

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,412 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.