NEW JERSEYMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Sovereign Medical Group, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 27, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

27,800

Confidence

97%

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Sovereign Medical Group, LLC (NJ Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS on 2012-12-27 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware) affecting 27,800 individuals. Data files on the network server were corrupted and rendered inaccessible; the CE received a ransom note demanding payment to restore access. ePHI exposed included demographics, SSNs, driver's license numbers, insurance information, dates of service, claims, diagnoses, and procedure codes. The CE notified law enforcement (police, county prosecutor, FBI), offered credit monitoring, and remediated by closing server ports, deploying web filtering, and disabling wireless networks. OCR provided HIPAA Security Rule technical assistance.

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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

Dec 27, 2012

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed27,800 affectedView incident

Name: Sovereign Medical Group, LLC
norm: sovereign medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sovereign Medical Group, LLC
norm: sovereign medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27,800nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incidentTheft
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR opened an investigation and provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.CE filed reports with the local police department, county prosecutor's office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

During the incident: Filed reports with police department, county prosecutor's office, and FBI.
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Offered one year of free credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
Closed inbound communication ports to the contaminated server.
Deployed a web-filtering mechanism to scan and monitor all outbound traffic.
Disabled all wireless networks.
Changes made: Closed inbound communication ports to contaminated server.
Deployed web-filtering mechanism for outbound traffic monitoring.
Disabled all wireless networks.
Received technical assistance from OCR regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.
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: Dec 27, 2012
Raw hash: 90dc51015e53fe792c51221e8a2ead5bbe2d8d26560fb2248e4a9354de8fb549

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Reporting entitySovereign Medical Group, LLC

Victim entitySovereign Medical Group, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseFiled reports with police department, county prosecutor's office, and FBI.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing