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ARIZONAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Desert Healthcare Services, LLC

bd_17b5a8d97ab6447c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Jun 11, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

8,000

Confidence

97%
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.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 11, 2019

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.Confirmed8,000 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.