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ILLINOISMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)HighResolved

The Surgeons of Lake County, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Filed

Jul 25, 2012

To disclose

Affected

7,067

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for The Surgeons of Lake County, LLC

The Surgeons of Lake County, LLC (IL) reported to HHS on 2012-07-25 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 7,067 individuals. Breached ePHI was located on a Network Server and included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial information, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, and offered credit monitoring. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions — including employee retraining and additional technical/administrative safeguards — were implemented.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jul 25, 2012

Filed

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRJul 25 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 25 (IL), last Jul 31 (MA) — a 6-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.