ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 24, 2023

Filed

Feb 22, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

29,346

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home →

Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home (AL) reported to HHS on 2024-02-22 a ransomware attack affecting 29,346 individuals. PHI on network servers was compromised, including names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, provided substitute notice, and offered complimentary credit monitoring. Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards were implemented.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Dec 24, 2023

Discovered

Feb 22, 2024

Filed

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

Maine State AGbd_12a34bd221bfa5652024-02-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_249577e32668c4ab2024-02-23 · +1dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_8a9e1d6d052fe4162024-02-07 · +15dVerified

Name: Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home
norm: washington county hospital and nursing home
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Washington County Hospital and Nursing Home
norm: washington county hospital and nursing home
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 24, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,346nationwide
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Implemented additional security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 24, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 24, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 24, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 24, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

HHS OCR+15d · this page

Maine State AG+16d

Montana State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (IN), last Feb 23 (MT) — a 16-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 22, 2024
Raw hash: 510b1976391c50665afd45449e5b72f50c29cc4728dec3b3aa90c1f1f0c04842

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington County Hospital and Nursing Home

Victim entityWashington County Hospital and Nursing Home

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing