WEST VIRGINIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 14, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

67,413

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC. →2 incidents on file

Charleston Area Medical Center (WV) reported to HHS on 2025-02-14 a Hacking/IT Incident (email phishing) affecting 67,413 individuals. An employee was the subject of a phishing attack that compromised PHI stored in Email systems. Exposed data included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, birthdates, addresses, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and responded with additional administrative and technical safeguards and employee retraining.

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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

Feb 14, 2025

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 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1163f5e8b9d89d322025-02-14Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_2ef6dace0c02137d2025-02-14Verified
Nebraska State AGbd_6a8e0577224c3bdf2025-02-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfed4358854719612025-02-14Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_cff2c32e6e76f33a2025-02-18 · +4dVerified

Name: CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
norm: charleston area medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
norm: charleston area medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 67,413nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained employees on email security precautions
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGFeb 14 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

Nebraska State AGFeb 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 14 · first

HHS OCRFeb 14 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

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: Feb 14, 2025
Raw hash: 1a970c1734a1afae5641154573988a978b56ee52baa8176db3aeb6d6e1a3bd4c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Victim entityCHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing