MICHIGANMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Northeast Surgical Group, PC

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Severity

Medium

Financial impact

$10K

Discovered

Mar 1, 2023

Filed

Mar 6, 2023

To disclose

5 days

Affected

15,298

Linked

2 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Northeast Surgical Group, PC →

Northeast Surgical Group, PC reported to HHS on 2023-03-06 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 15298 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack that encrypted and exfiltrated protected health information. NESG failed to conduct a compliant risk analysis and settled with OCR for $10,000.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time5 days discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 days

Mar 1, 2023

Discovered

Mar 6, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_e6473e1345e525a62025-01-15 · +681dVerified by operator

Name: Northeast Surgical Group, PC
norm: northeast surgical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northeast Surgical Group, PC
norm: northeast surgical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 1, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,298nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Settlement with HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)Resolved investigation concerning ransomware attack

During the incident: Paid $10,000 to OCR
Agreed to implement a corrective action plan
Changes made: Conducting an accurate and thorough risk analysis to determine the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its ePHI
Implementing a risk management plan to address and mitigate security risks and vulnerabilities identified in their risk analysis
Developing, maintaining, and revising, as necessary, its written policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Rules
Training its workforce on its HIPAA policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 days(5 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2023 → 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: Mar 6, 2023
Raw hash: ce131bba6dbeb3b64a293f0cc69a4c9ee32dbdcd8854f50d8784df3fddf9c176

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityNortheast Surgical Group, PC

Victim entityNortheast Surgical Group, PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2023

Stated responsePaid $10,000 to OCR

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing