GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 27, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

3,290

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Cancer Treatment Centers of America →7 incidents on file

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center reported to HHS on 2019-09-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3290 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees were victims of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI including names, SSNs, DOB, financial and clinical data. CE implemented safeguards and retrained staff.

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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 27, 2019

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_2750a008cb1288102019-09-27Verified
Illinois State AGbd_1a59ae61e57442462019-01-01 · +269dCandidate

Name: Cancer Treatment Centers of America
norm: cancer treatment centers of america
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cancer Treatment Centers of America
norm: cancer treatment centers of america
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,290nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional technical and security safeguards
Retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional technical and security safeguards
Retrained its employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Oregon State AG+269d

HHS OCR+269d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Sep 27 (GA) — a 269-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 27, 2019
Raw hash: cd738333267812309077e2fffff7f095749217a95d9ec3bd1ec84ca38ab7f1fc

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCancer Treatment Centers of America

Victim entityCancer Treatment Centers of America

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional technical and security safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing