CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Center for Orthopaedic Specialists

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Severity

Medium

Financial impact

$240K

Discovered

Feb 1, 2018

Filed

Apr 18, 2018

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

85,000

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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Center for Orthopaedic Specialists - Providence Medical Institute (PMI) reported to HHS on 2018-04-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 85,000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The breach involved ransomware attacks encrypting ePHI between February and March 2018. A $240,000 civil monetary penalty was imposed by OCR.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Feb 1, 2018 → Notified Apr 18, 2018✓ HHS notified11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Feb 1, 2018

Begins

Feb 1, 2018

Discovered

Apr 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1884c9e76ff496c92018-04-19 · +1dCandidate

Name: Center for Orthopaedic Specialists
norm: center for orthopaedic specialists
Domain: cosortho.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Center for Orthopaedic Specialists
norm: center for orthopaedic specialists
Domain: cosortho.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2018 – Mar 31, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 85,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (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
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged forensic investigators (OCR investigation)
Notified HHS/OCR
Changes made: Implemented policies and procedures to allow only authorized persons or software programs access to ePHI
Established business associate agreement
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 1, 2018
→ Notified: Apr 18, 2018
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 1, 2018 → Notified: Apr 18, 2018	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRApr 18 · first · this page

California 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: Apr 18, 2018
Raw hash: 61e7dd1cec3d81618fe100b2b85834b069ce39c9e3275d53ea92b8a7e3224823

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCenter for Orthopaedic Specialists

Victim entityCenter for Orthopaedic Specialists

Incidentdiscovered Feb 1, 2018

Stated responseEngaged forensic investigators (OCR investigation)

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing