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

Capital Nephrology

bd_471a24754173c6ae · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

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.

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

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.Confirmed4,000 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.