TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Stephen Sims, MD, PA

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 27, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

8,620

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

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Stephen Sims, MD, PA dba North Lakes Pain Consultants reported to HHS on 2022-05-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8620 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, SSNs, DOBs, and diagnoses.

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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 27, 2022

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_932b4cbeda2c3c552022-05-27Verified
Washington State AGbd_8b7417f512d2f44c2022-06-01 · +5dVerified

Name: Stephen Sims, MD, PA
norm: stephen sims md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Stephen Sims, MD, PA
norm: stephen sims md
Also named: Stephen Sims, MD, PAdba oflegal entity
North Lakes Pain Consultantsdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,620nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMay 27 · first

HHS OCRMay 27 · first · this page

Washington State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing May 27 (MT), last Jun 1 (WA) — a 5-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: May 27, 2022
Raw hash: 7546379da524aad2eacb03e50a05524a8a8c9ab920ca0ea811d0c38ba7a3e08b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStephen Sims, MD, PA

Victim entityStephen Sims, MD, PA

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing