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Sovereign Medical Group, LLC

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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.

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.

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

Source provenance

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

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27,800
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
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.

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.