DisclosureLens
FLORIDAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

First Step of Sarasota, Inc.

bd_2083e9e71532529f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 25, 2022

To disclose

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Affected

52,500

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for First Step of Sarasota, Inc. →

First Step of Sarasota, Inc. (FL) reported to HHS OCR on 2022-02-25 a ransomware attack affecting 52,500 individuals. PHI was located on a Network Server. Exposed data included names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, posted a substitute notice on its website, and implemented additional technical safeguards.

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 25, 2022

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.Confirmed52,500 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.