NEBRASKAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Columbus Surgery Center, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 7, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

7,221

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Columbus Surgery Center, LLC →

Columbus Surgery Center, LLC (Columbus, NE) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-12-07 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 7,221 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and provided substitute notice. Mitigation included strengthening administrative, technical, and security safeguards. No business associate was involved.

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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

Dec 7, 2017

Filed

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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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_b3d4b0cf35a39d322017-12-07Verified

Name: Columbus Surgery Center, LLC
norm: columbus surgery center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Columbus Surgery Center, LLC
norm: columbus surgery center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,221nationwide
Data types: Health (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 Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notification

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Strengthened administrative safeguards
Strengthened technical safeguards
Strengthened security safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 7 · first

HHS OCRDec 7 · first · this page

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 7, 2017
Raw hash: ffeb3b4b0743dbb33e901a215cf9783df2af8d9969a57a3db1496bd875367939

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbus Surgery Center, LLC

Victim entityColumbus Surgery Center, LLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing