ARIZONAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Queen Creek Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 30, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

35,000

Confidence

98%

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Queen Creek Medical Center d/b/a Desert Wells Family Medicine (AZ) reported a ransomware attack to HHS on 2021-08-30, affecting 35,000 individuals. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, claims information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. Breached information located on a Network Server. The CE notified affected individuals and media, provided credit monitoring, and strengthened safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance.

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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

Aug 30, 2021

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.Confirmed35,000 affectedView incident

Name: Queen Creek Medical Center
norm: queen creek medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Queen Creek Medical Center
norm: queen creek medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Queen Creek Medical Centerdba oflegal entity
Desert Wells Family Medicinedba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 35,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding the HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft services
Changes made: Strengthened its administrative, technical, and 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.

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: Aug 30, 2021
Raw hash: 0f34af878a2ca3b2bae013f2c377b5416941f79b280ee73aec8607fc8ae1547d

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Reporting entityQueen Creek Medical Center

Victim entityQueen Creek Medical Center

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing