RHODE ISLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 16, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

2,943

Confidence

69%

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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.

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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

Aug 16, 2019

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.Confirmed2,943 affectedView incident

Name: Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.
norm: rhode island ear nose and throat physicians
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.
norm: rhode island ear nose and throat physicians
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,943nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigation resulted in updated policies and procedures

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Updated policies and procedures pertaining to breach notification, risk assessment, use and disclosures of PHI, and the safeguarding of 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: Aug 16, 2019
Raw hash: 279dcca726e77ccd4379b87e483af942c7166093d30bd539eada43f92881043b

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Reporting entityRhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.

Victim entityRhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing