DisclosureLens
TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Walnut Place

bd_468961e6bdedf1ea · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 12, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

5,000

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for Walnut Place →2 incidents on file

The covered entity, Walnut Place, experienced a ransomware attack on a server containing electronic protected health information (ePHI), including demographic, clinical, and health insurance information for approximately 6,500 individuals. Upon discovery, the entity contained the attack by removing infected files. They notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Corrective actions included improving administrative and technical safeguards and retraining staff. OCR confirmed implementation of these corrective actions.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

May 12, 2017

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.Confirmed5,000 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.