DELAWAREMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Advocare Brandywine Pediatrics

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 11, 2016

Filed

Dec 23, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

26,873

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Advocare Brandywine Pediatrics →

Brandywine Pediatrics, P.A. reported to HHS on 2016-12-23 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 26873 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A computer virus rendered the server inaccessible on October 11, 2016, and an unauthorized third party may have gained access. The server contained demographic and clinical information. No evidence that information was taken. The CE engaged an outside firm to investigate and improved technical safeguards and password requirements.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Oct 11, 2016 → Notified Dec 23, 2016✓ HHS notified10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Oct 11, 2016

Begins

Oct 11, 2016

Discovered

Dec 23, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0c6b2299cae3a69f2016-12-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_48c87f8a9c89f3c42016-12-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a4d1cddc4ca275a72016-12-23Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_c80de0862902d8e12016-12-29 · +6dVerified

Name: Advocare Brandywine Pediatrics
norm: advocare brandywine pediatrics
Domain: advocarebrandywinepediatrics.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Advocare Brandywine Pediatrics
norm: advocare brandywine pediatrics
Domain: advocarebrandywinepediatrics.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 11, 2016
Breach occurred: Oct 11, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 23, 2016
Affected individuals: 26,873nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed a copy of the CE’s policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI and safeguardsOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed

During the incident: Engaged an outside firm to investigate the activity on the encrypted server
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Improved technical safeguards
Strengthened password requirements
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(73 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 11, 2016
→ Notified: Dec 23, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 11, 2016 → Notified: Dec 23, 2016	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGDec 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 23 · first

HHS OCRDec 23 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 23 (MT), last Dec 29 (SC) — a 6-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: Dec 23, 2016
Raw hash: 4b6ab0a78ef7059a18e8fae1eb13db9c73c847b2cf714b93499d9e7f886b5958

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvocare Brandywine Pediatrics

Victim entityAdvocare Brandywine Pediatrics

Incidentdiscovered Oct 11, 2016

Stated responseEngaged an outside firm to investigate the activity on the encrypted server

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing