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MISSISSIPPIMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Scott Regional Hospital

bd_1cb3ce87284a6120 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

May 20, 2021

To disclose

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Affected

1,056

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Scott Regional Hospital →

Scott Regional Hospital (Morton, MS) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-05-20 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 1,056 individuals. The breach occurred at the covered entity's business associate. ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, and medication/prescribing information stored on a Network Server. The BA retained a forensic investigator, remediated the vulnerability, implemented additional technical safeguards, and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions 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

May 20, 2021

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.Confirmed1,056 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.