AZMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved
Desert Healthcare Services, LLC
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Full breach record for Desert Healthcare Services, LLC →Desert Healthcare Services, LLC (AZ) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-06-11 a ransomware (Hacking/IT Incident) affecting 8,000 individuals. The server was compromised by ransomware; forensic analysis determined ePHI exposure was unlikely as it was encrypted. DHS notified the FBI, engaged a forensic investigator, and hired a cybersecurity firm to remove the malware. Additional security safeguards were implemented.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,000 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- Jun 11, 2019
- Raw hash
- fcfa5834f4185613d4aad0626c90f74ca233f559c96852b822364efab0ced247
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Desert Healthcare Services, LLCnorm: desert healthcare
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Desert Healthcare Services, LLCnorm: desert healthcare
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 8,000
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1490 Inhibit System Recovery
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified HHS OCRReported breach to the FBI
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.