GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

The Cardiovascular Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 23, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

2,168

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for The Cardiovascular Group →

The Cardiovascular Group reported to HHS on 2019-08-23 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,168 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. Employees of a business associate impermissibly accessed ePHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and treatment data. The CE terminated the BA relationship and revised policies.

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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 23, 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.Confirmed2,168 affectedView incident

Name: The Cardiovascular Group
norm: the cardiovascular
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Cardiovascular Group
norm: the cardiovascular
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,168nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement
Offered free credit monitoring services
Changes made: Terminated its relationship with the BA
Revised its policies and procedures to better protect its sensitive data
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 23, 2019
Raw hash: f6732aa00d74052e8987f595baabc1f77619bd9486609ca8e4755115d4a045ce

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Reporting entityThe Cardiovascular Group

Victim entityThe Cardiovascular Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing