NORTH CAROLINAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Carolina Arthritis

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 27, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

36,961

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Carolina Arthritis →

Carolina Arthritis Associates reported to HHS on 2025-02-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 36,961 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved protected health information (PHI) including clinical, demographic, and financial data. The entity provided credit monitoring, implemented security safeguards, and retrained staff.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

⚠ 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

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by threeam about this victim predates this filing by 125 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitethreeambd_afad31b5e423fe582024-10-24 · +125dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25b183630cee60062025-02-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_3e3faec2dc9622c02025-02-27Verified
Vermont State AGbd_5c4c73fe342044712025-02-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7da192a3e413a7502025-02-27Verified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_7f5415b879da33172025-02-27Verified
Maryland State AGbd_8076b43f1a07995d2025-02-27Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_52246c1ac05955052025-02-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Carolina Arthritis
norm: carolina arthritis
Domain: carolinaarthritis.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Carolina Arthritis
norm: carolina arthritis
Domain: carolinaarthritis.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,961nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified HHS

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI
Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90dHHS 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.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 27 · first

Maine State AGFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 27 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 27 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 27 · first

HHS OCRFeb 27 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

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: Feb 27, 2025
Raw hash: 18392d61230df3b2d4df283e31a9d82d04245111c4a25c0c0ff0e4fce277d141

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Arthritis

Victim entityCarolina Arthritis

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing