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Breach notice filed by Sound Community Services, Inc. (May 2017)

Organization named: Sound Community Services, Inc. Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Hacking/IT Incident

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of May 26, 2017.

Organization as reported
Sound Community Services, Inc., CT
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
May 26, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14178, row:5317)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On January 13, 2017, an unknown individual accessed the covered entity's (CE) CEO’s email account and sent emails to its employees. The CEO’s email account contained a file with the electronic protected health information (ePHI) – names and client numbers – of approximately 1,273 individuals. The CE immediately took steps to implement additional technical safeguards for its email system and engaged a third-party service to assist in its ongoing privacy and security activities. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, and OCR provided technical assistance regarding the breach notification requirements pertaining to to the media and affected individuals.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,278 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date May 26, 2017, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14178)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Sound Community Services, Inc. Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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