ARIZONAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 3, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

70,372

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute →2 incidents on file

Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute (AZ) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-05-03 a ransomware attack affecting 70,372 individuals. PHI stored on a network server was compromised, including names, patient identification numbers, health insurance and claims information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided substitute notice. Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards were implemented. OCR provided technical assistance on HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule obligations.

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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

May 3, 2021

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.Confirmed70,372 affectedView incident

Name: Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute
norm: arizona asthma and allergy institute
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute
norm: arizona asthma and allergy institute
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 70,372nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding obligations under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional security safeguards to better protect PHI
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.

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: May 3, 2021
Raw hash: bbf1239b2823bdef64a1abd1797cd7f1bb898bbb21d0960a7dba635485d869c5

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Reporting entityArizona Asthma and Allergy Institute

Victim entityArizona Asthma and Allergy Institute

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing