TENNESSEEMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCriticalContained

The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 5, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

270,645

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc. →

The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc. (TN) reported to HHS OCR on 2022-11-05 a ransomware incident affecting 270,645 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server and included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license/ID numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, financial and claims information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance on HIPAA Breach Notification Rule timeliness requirements.

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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

Nov 5, 2022

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.Confirmed270,645 affectedView incident

Name: The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc.
norm: the stern cardiovascular
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc.
norm: the stern cardiovascular
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 270,645nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the timeliness requirements of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice on website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.
Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Provided substitute notice on entity website.
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: Nov 5, 2022
Raw hash: 91a5840fe1bf4693ae45f91524e484e01feae09d0aeda3af70f1ad6bfe093bcb

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Reporting entityThe Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc.

Victim entityThe Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing