CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Fertility Specialists Medical Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 15, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

9,197

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Fertility Specialists Medical Group →

Fertility Specialists Medical Group (CA, Healthcare Provider) reported to HHS OCR on 2023-05-15 a ransomware attack affecting 9,197 individuals. PHI compromised included names, Social Security numbers, addresses, birthdates, lab results, diagnoses, and other treatment information located on a network server. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and published substitute notice on its website. Additional administrative and technical safeguards were implemented in response.

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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

May 15, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_51befe93f87ac1d82023-05-16 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_bd08346011f600be2023-05-16 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb1ba7e4ac523e942023-05-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Fertility Specialists Medical Group
norm: fertility specialists medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Fertility Specialists Medical Group
norm: fertility specialists medical
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,197nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice on website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
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 · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRMay 15 · first · this page

Montana State AG+1d

California State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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: May 15, 2023
Raw hash: 085a1f83918ac0d29e5775bc48154f7af7cfaf0972e8f80c833331efdc70c912

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFertility Specialists Medical Group

Victim entityFertility Specialists Medical Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing