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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Owens Ear Center

bd_079122edb4c815fe · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Filed

Aug 3, 2020

To disclose

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Owens Ear Center

Owens Ear Center, a private medical practice in Fort Worth, TX, suffered a ransomware attack on May 28, 2020. The attack encrypted computer systems containing electronic healthcare records, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical insurance information for one New Hampshire resident. The organization offered one year of identity protection services to the affected individual.

Incident timeline

May 28, 2020

Begins

Aug 3, 2020

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 27 · first
HHS OCRJul 27 · first
Montana State AGJul 27 · first
Massachusetts State AGJul 27 · first
New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (IN), last Aug 3 (NH) — a 7-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.