WASHINGTONMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Ankle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 28, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

5,244

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Ankle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC →

Ankle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2021-06-28 a ransomware attack affecting ePHI on a network server for 5,244 individuals. Exposed data included names and dates of birth. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement, posted substitute notice on its website, hired a new IT provider, implemented additional safeguards, and retrained staff.

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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

Jun 28, 2021

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 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_2a3968f5b0b7c04b2021-06-28Verified
Montana State AGbd_3f500a8449f466a92021-06-28Candidate
Washington State AGbd_6e9c372d651fd0eb2021-06-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_99989f4034d3fb532021-06-28Verified

Name: Ankle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC
norm: ankle and foot physicians and surgeons
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Ankle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC
norm: ankle and foot physicians and surgeons
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,244nationwide
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 notified

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Notified local law enforcement
Posted substitute notice on website
Hired new IT provider
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on information security practices
Changes made: Hired new IT provider
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on information security practices
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 · 5 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGJun 28 · first

Montana State AGJun 28 · first

Washington State AGJun 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 28 · first

HHS OCRJun 28 · 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: Jun 28, 2021
Raw hash: a215cf842d180c1e06bfac4b9a5ffe87dde5e7eb375e45407b7125fe8e0b1d8d

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAnkle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC

Victim entityAnkle and Foot Physicians and Surgeons PLLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing