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Arkansas Methodist Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 19, 2020

Filed

Oct 19, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

4,916

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Arkansas Methodist Medical Center →

Arkansas Methodist Medical Center reported to HHS on 2020-10-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4916 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A financial institution experienced a cyber-attack affecting ePHI; OCR determined the institution was not a HIPAA business associate.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Oct 19, 2020

Discovered

Oct 19, 2020

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,916 affectedView incident

Name: Arkansas Methodist Medical Center
norm: arkansas methodist medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Arkansas Methodist Medical Center
norm: arkansas methodist medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 19, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,916nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS OCR
Third party: via Financial Institutionthird party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified HHS OCR
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: filing dateThe stored discovery date equals the regulator filing date, so no genuine detection date was captured.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 19, 2020
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 19, 2020
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 19, 2020 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 19, 2020 → 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: Oct 19, 2020
Raw hash: 637dc81de588f333cae4162c27fd103e08fc160c2013f518e2abe6af4209d616

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Reporting entityArkansas Methodist Medical Center

Victim entityArkansas Methodist Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2020

Stated responseNotified HHS OCR

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing