PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Altoona Area School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 11, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

9,196

Linked

6 records

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Altoona Area School District →

Altoona Area School District reported to HHS on 2022-04-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 9196 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI (names, DOB, SSN, financial/health data). The entity provided credit monitoring and enhanced security safeguards.

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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

Apr 11, 2022

Filed

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

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by quantum about this victim was first seen 68 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitequantumbd_bd1149f74ae8c6542022-02-02 · +67dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_904f4fc594f387a82022-04-04 · +7dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_5b60cec9d14201312022-04-01 · +10dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_67e0ec4c492cf1782022-04-01 · +10dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_858c41f9adf245d92022-04-01 · +10dVerified by operator

Name: Altoona Area School District
norm: altoona area school district
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Altoona Area School District
norm: altoona area school district
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,196nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI
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 · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 1 · first

Indiana State AGApr 1 · first

Montana State AGApr 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+3d

HHS OCR+10d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (NH), last Apr 11 (PA) — a 10-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: Apr 11, 2022
Raw hash: 753e872d2705f1449f2398be78b6982b92998f36fee36db4dc62e043af9629ff

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAltoona Area School District

Victim entityAltoona Area School District

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing