OHIOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialHighContained

Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 4, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

4,078

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan →

Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan reported to HHS on 2025-04-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4,078 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack impacting PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSN, driver's license numbers, health insurance, claims, financial info, diagnoses, and medications.

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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 4, 2025

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.Confirmed4,078 affectedView incident

Name: Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan
norm: worthington steel health and welfare plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Worthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan
norm: worthington steel health and welfare plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,078nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
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 4, 2025
Raw hash: a5ea20ca5a37e0aba17a3d5aa38e1578e57e638c93e41ac58533829b083048f2

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Reporting entityWorthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan

Victim entityWorthington Steel Health and Welfare Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing