LOUISIANAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Lafourche Medical Group

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Severity

High

Financial impact

$480K

Discovered

Mar 30, 2021

Filed

May 28, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

34,862

Linked

2 records

Confidence

66%

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Lafourche Medical Group reported to HHS on 2021-05-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 34862 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A hacker gained access via phishing on March 30, 2021, exposing ePHI including names, DOBs, diagnoses, and lab results. LMG settled with OCR for $480,000 and agreed to a corrective action plan.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Mar 30, 2021 → Notified May 28, 202159d ✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Mar 30, 2021

Begins

Mar 30, 2021

Discovered

May 28, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_ccb24dbc8f9f60ba2023-11-03 · +889dVerified by operator

Name: Lafourche Medical Group
norm: lafourche medical
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Lafourche Medical Group
norm: lafourche medical
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 30, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 30, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 28, 2021
Affected individuals: 34,862nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed a breach report with HHSSettled potential violations of HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules with OCR
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Paid $480,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Agreed to implement a corrective action plan
Undertook a robust corrective action plan that includes two years of monitoring
Changes made: Implement a corrective action plan
Two years of monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 59dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2021
→ Notified: May 28, 2021
59d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2021
→ Notified: May 28, 2021
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2021 → Notified: May 28, 2021	59d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2021 → Notified: May 28, 2021	—	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: May 28, 2021
Raw hash: c06ac793caa4f3a56ca969266a2d53e3ded5d72545731a3f29508ee61d42073f

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Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityLafourche Medical Group

Victim entityLafourche Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2021

Stated responsePaid $480,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing