NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 21, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

35,533

Linked

3 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA →

Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA reported to HHS on 2023-12-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 35533 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack exposing PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, and treatment info.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ 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 21, 2023

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by noescape about this victim was first seen 37 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitenoescapebd_bca74d3625ff28322023-10-25 · +57dVerified

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8d8d768045dd17eb2023-12-27 · +6dVerified

Name: Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA
norm: southeastern orthopaedic specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA
norm: southeastern orthopaedic specialists
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 35,533nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented technical safeguards
Provided individuals with free credit monitoring
Revised policies and procedures
Trained or retrained workforce members
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented technical safeguards
Revised policies and procedures
Trained or retrained workforce members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30dHHS 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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HHS OCRDec 21 · first · this page

Montana State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 21 (NC), last Dec 27 (MT) — a 6-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.

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 21, 2023
Raw hash: 49806a4b1e42511bf42eff0c8cf0cf6e5e1bb1cdbb56bca5d9e096c7e2d33a2e

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySoutheastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA

Victim entitySoutheastern Orthopaedic Specialists, PA

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseImplemented technical safeguards

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing