ILLINOISHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 10, 2014

Filed

Mar 31, 2014

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1,256

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC →

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC reported to HHS on 2014-03-31 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1256 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An unknown party gained unauthorized access to a physician's personal email account, disclosing PHI including names and surgical schedules.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Feb 10, 2014

Discovered

Mar 31, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,256 affectedView incident

Name: Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC
norm: midwest orthopaedics at rush
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC
norm: midwest orthopaedics at rush
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 10, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,256nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the physician’s Gmail account to which the PHI was sent
Trained the physician and his staff on the use of the secure email
Revised email procedures by eliminating all external email addresses from the CE's distribution list of physicians and support staff
Discontinued the use of outside email addresses for sending or receiving of PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Revised email procedures by eliminating all external email addresses from the CE's distribution list of physicians and support staff
Discontinued the use of outside email addresses for sending or receiving of PHI
Trained the physician and his staff on the use of the secure email
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 10, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 10, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 10, 2014 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 10, 2014 → 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: Mar 31, 2014
Raw hash: b74940adf4dbb6f3ee7abb568e8f5aa5aaffc5893eb8b73be34b1d3c78eae2c4

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Reporting entityMidwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC

Victim entityMidwest Orthopaedics at Rush, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Feb 10, 2014

Stated responseDisabled the physician’s Gmail account to which the PHI was sent

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing