PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PHILowContained

NorthWest Congenital Heart Care

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 7, 2021

Filed

Jun 4, 2021

To disclose

28 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NorthWest Congenital Heart Care →

Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C. d/b/a NorthWest Congenital Heart Care reported the theft of an external hard drive containing patient PHI and basic identity data on May 7, 2021. The incident was discovered the same day. No SSNs or financial account data were on the drive. The organization enhanced security controls and eliminated external hard-drive backups.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 28 days

May 7, 2021

Begins

May 7, 2021

Discovered

Jun 4, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C.
norm: pediatrix cardiology of washington

Name: NorthWest Congenital Heart Care
norm: northwest congenital heart care
Also named: Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C.dba oflegal entity
NorthWest Congenital Heart Caredba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 7, 2021
Breach occurred: May 7, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Began a review to determine what information may have been included on the external hard drive
Changes made: Enhance our security controls to minimize the risk of any similar event in the future
Eliminating external hard-drive data backups
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/northSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 4, 2021
Raw hash: b8d40134b9a3a15c300472fca2a3f75e8781bde4cb9eb58055e6bbe0b65cfa2d

Reporting entityPediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C.

Victim entityNorthWest Congenital Heart Care

Incidentdiscovered May 7, 2021

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov