PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Hypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 14, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

39,491

Linked

6 records

Confidence

69%

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Hypertension-Nephrology Associates, P.C. reported to HHS on 2024-05-14 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 39,491 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record, Network Server. The incident involved ransomware encrypting PHI including clinical, demographic, and financial data. The entity provided credit monitoring and implemented additional safeguards.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ 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 14, 2024

Filed

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

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim was first seen 76 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_90d60d3cd740dc712024-02-06 · +98dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_478ac846079dd99e2024-05-24 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7069487acb460b942024-05-24 · +10dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_6323ddfb23b982642024-05-01 · +13dCandidate

Press reports (1)

Pressbianlianbd_a48f207d2cb90b562024-02-06 · +98dCandidate

Name: Hypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C.
norm: hypertension nephrology pc
Domain: hnapc.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Hypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C.
norm: hypertension nephrology pc
Domain: hnapc.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 39,491nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified HHS

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and 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: Leak >30dHHS 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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGMay 1 · first

HHS OCR+13d · this page

Montana State AG+23d

Massachusetts State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing May 1 (IL), last May 24 (MA) — a 23-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 14, 2024
Raw hash: 3b6c53c068acf7a9b283bc3d1dae3ed40ebb83b9378c4cf8a0ce88e77b694a47

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Press reports (1)

Reporting entityHypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C.

Victim entityHypertension Nephrology Associates, P.C.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing