GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 8, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

30,417

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. →4 incidents on file

WellStar Health System, Inc. reported to HHS on 2022-04-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 30,417 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing attack exposing PHI including names, lab results, and treatment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided substitute notice. Response included sanctioning responsible employees, implementing administrative and technical safeguards, and retraining staff on email security.

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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

Apr 8, 2022

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_69cd6086a91121182022-04-08Verified

Name: WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
norm: wellstar health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.
norm: wellstar health system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 30,417nationwide
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 Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Sanctioned the responsible employees
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Staff were retrained in email security
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Staff were retrained in email security
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 8 · first

HHS OCRApr 8 · first · this page

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: Apr 8, 2022
Raw hash: ee0392f4ab493d3abf310679a930d6c29273af237f590917b6f1990f17df16bb

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Victim entityWELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the responsible employees

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing