GEORGIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Data EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialHealth (basic)CriticalResolved

Synergy Healthcare Services

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

Jul 31, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

296,956

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Synergy Healthcare Services →

Synergy Healthcare Services (GA), a HIPAA Business Associate, reported a ransomware attack affecting PHI of 296,956 individuals. PHI included names, DOB, addresses, driver's license and SSNs, diagnoses, medications, lab results, financial/claims information, and other treatment information. Notifications were sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media; substitute notice was provided. Credit monitoring was offered and additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards were implemented.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

May 16, 2023

Discovered

Jul 31, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1664820794ed528e2023-07-31Candidate
Vermont State AGbd_4924a611ea1ef2aa2023-07-27 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_cc370d735deab1c62023-07-27 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5257e9b6b57e90792023-07-26 · +5dCandidate

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Massachusetts State AGbd_8960529000d962482023-08-10 · +10dVerified

Name: Synergy Healthcare Services
norm: synergy healthcare services
Domain: synergyhomecare.com
Industry: Healthcare

Name: Synergy Healthcare Services
norm: synergy healthcare
Industry: Healthcare
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 16, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 296,956nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Ransomware
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Synergy Healthcare Services

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 16, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 16, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGJul 26 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

Indiana State AG+1d

Maine State AG+5d

HHS OCR+5d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Jul 26 (MT), last Aug 10 (MA) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Jul 31, 2023
Raw hash: fb3b6e1a218fbefdacbe26231d46f7e369780cf9dcd15a95614e92887469bab8

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySynergy Healthcare Services

Victim entitySynergy Healthcare Services

Incidentdiscovered May 16, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing