ILLINOISHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Midwest Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 10, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

8,010

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Midwest Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Midwest Medical Center reported to HHS on 2019-05-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8010 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A business associate employee was victim of an email phishing scheme exposing PHI (names, addresses, DOB, MRNs, treatment info). Remediation included staff training on identifying fraudulent emails.

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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 10, 2019

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,010 affectedView incident

Name: Midwest Medical Center
norm: midwest medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Midwest Medical Center
norm: midwest medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,010nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Third party: via OS, Inc.business associate
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Notified affected individuals
Offered complimentary fraud consultation and theft restoration services
Trained its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications
Changes made: Trained its staff on the proper methods for identifying fraudulent email communications
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.

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 10, 2019
Raw hash: 79bca93f8f00560e896d5f951ef56879685ab76da317f88b5b47b9a611354770

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Reporting entityMidwest Medical Center

Victim entityMidwest Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing