VIRGINIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MinorHighResolved

Pediatric Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 8, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

13,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Pediatric Associates →3 incidents on file

Pediatric Associates, P.C. (VA) reported to HHS on 2022-04-08 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware) affecting 13,000 individuals. The attack was experienced by the covered entity's business associate. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medications — indicating pediatric patient records. Breached information located on Network Server. The CE terminated its BA relationship and implemented additional safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance.

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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

Apr 8, 2022

Filed

—

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.Confirmed13,000 affectedView incident

Name: Pediatric Associates
norm: pediatric associates
Domain: pediatricassociates.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pediatric Associates
norm: pediatric associates
Domain: pediatricassociates.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,000nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Minor
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

During the incident: CE notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional physical and technical safeguards
Revised policies and procedures
Terminated business relationship with the BA
Changes made: Implemented additional physical and technical safeguards
Revised policies and procedures
Terminated business relationship with the BA
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: Apr 8, 2022
Raw hash: 52e05f70d0596a694bd9b8dac32d3c78ae8252c94c96bf4b1b215139e08290b6

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Reporting entityPediatric Associates

Victim entityPediatric Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE notified HHS, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing