DisclosureLens
COLORADOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Prowers County Hospital District

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 22, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

1,205

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Prowers County Hospital District →

Prowers County Hospital District (CO) reported to HHS on 2022-08-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,205 individuals. The covered entity's business associate experienced a ransomware attack on a network server. Breached PHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, and offered complimentary identity theft protection services.

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

Aug 22, 2022

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.Confirmed1,205 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.