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VIRGINIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Ransom DemandedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Sentara Healthcare

bd_461c1c6242650574 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 19, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

72,121

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Sentara Healthcare →7 incidents on file

Sentara Healthcare (VA) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-11-19 that its business associate experienced a ransomware attack affecting the PHI of 72,121 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. Exposed data included addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and other identifiers. The covered entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the Breach Notification Rule.

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

Nov 19, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed72,121 affectedView incident

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.