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VERMONTMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

North Country Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 16, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,905

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for North Country Hospital →3 incidents on file

North Country Hospital reported to HHS on 2021-04-16 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack via its business associate) affecting 1,905 individuals. The business associate was the direct victim; breached ePHI was stored on a Network Server and included names, dates of birth, prescription information, and medical record numbers. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance on business associate agreements.

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

Apr 16, 2021

Filed

—

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.Confirmed1,905 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.