OHIOHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighContained

THE KROGER CO.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 18, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

132,258

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for THE KROGER CO. →7 incidents on file

The Kroger Company reported to HHS on 2020-06-18 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 132,258 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, phone numbers, email addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, and treatment information.

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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

Jun 18, 2020

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed132,258 affectedView incident

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE KROGER CO.
norm: the kroger
Domain: kroger.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 132,258nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
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.

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: Jun 18, 2020
Raw hash: 8f24bfd1a1e73331d0041fa3bfa8f0359357badd1c15f246b05c86a6e4be66af

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Reporting entityTHE KROGER CO.

Victim entityTHE KROGER CO.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing