RIMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHighContained
Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.
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Full breach record for Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc. →Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc. reported to HHS on 2019-08-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2943 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting ePHI (names, DOB, clinical info, SSNs). The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, provided credit monitoring, and implemented additional safeguards.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,943 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
- Aug 16, 2019
- Raw hash
- 279dcca726e77ccd4379b87e483af942c7166093d30bd539eada43f92881043b
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.norm: rhode island ear nose and throat physicians
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.norm: rhode island ear nose and throat physicians
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 2,943
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENT
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified HHSOCR investigation resulted in updated policies and procedures
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.