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ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Aesto Health

bd_1504aef76c782cb1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 20, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

17,400

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Aesto Health →6 incidents on file

Aesto, LLC d/b/a Aesto Health (AL) reported to HHS on 2022-05-20 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 17,400 individuals. Breached PHI was located on a Network Server and included names, dates of birth, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards in response.

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

May 20, 2022

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.Confirmed17,400 affectedView incident

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.