MARYLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Capital Nephrology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 2, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

4,000

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Capital Nephrology →

Capital Nephrology (MD) reported to HHS on 2017-05-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4,000 individuals. The CE's EMR system and backup network server were encrypted by ransomware. Breached PHI included names and clinical information. Following the incident, the CE migrated to a cloud-based encrypted EMR, added antiviral protections, and — as a result of OCR's investigation — completed a risk analysis, developed a risk management plan, and revised its HIPAA policies and procedures. Breached info located on Electronic Medical Record and Network Server.

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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

May 2, 2017

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.Confirmed4,000 affectedView incident

Name: Capital Nephrology
norm: capital nephrology
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Capital Nephrology
norm: capital nephrology
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation completed; CE completed risk analysis, developed risk management plan, and revised HIPAA policies and procedures.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Upgraded EMR system to cloud-based, encrypted EMR system with additional security features
Implemented additional antiviral protections
Changes made: Completed OCR-required risk analysis
Developed risk management plan
Revised HIPAA policies and procedures
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: May 2, 2017
Raw hash: 32fd27a2520cb77b96221c497f8d77f3a9c50011c316af01363c703adfa9b227

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Reporting entityCapital Nephrology

Victim entityCapital Nephrology

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing