SOUTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 11, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

54,869

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION →3 incidents on file

Medical University of South Carolina reported to HHS on 2020-09-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 54869 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting ePHI (names, DOB, treatment info). CE notified HHS, individuals, and media.

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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

Sep 11, 2020

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_7c03ba9f76095e092020-09-16 · +5dCandidate

Name: THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION
norm: the medical university of south carolina
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION
norm: the medical university of south carolina
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 54,869nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 11 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Sep 11 (SC), last Sep 16 (SC) — a 5-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: Sep 11, 2020
Raw hash: c0a1fa7bea4257932b062bba2b244785a7f570d30550e652f52978a9ac5b3f08

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION

Victim entityTHE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing