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FLORIDAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Edward C. Taylor, PhD

bd_62a1f1270942220a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Oct 25, 2023

To disclose

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Affected

6,684

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for Edward C. Taylor, PhD →

Edward C. Taylor, PhD (FL) reported to HHS on 2023-10-25 a ransomware incident affecting 6,684 individuals. Breached PHI was located on a Network Server and included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. Free credit monitoring was offered; additional administrative and technical safeguards were implemented. No business associate was involved.

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

Oct 25, 2023

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed6,684 affectedView incident

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.