TENNESSEEHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighContained

Norwood Clinic

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 22, 2021

Filed

Feb 25, 2022

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

228,000

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Norwood Clinic →

Norwood Clinic reported to HHS on 2022-02-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 228000 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. On October 22, 2021, Norwood discovered unauthorized access to its network servers storing patient information. The investigation was unable to confirm specific data accessed, so notice was provided to all patients out of caution.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ 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 · 18 weeks / 126 days

Oct 22, 2021

Discovered

Feb 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_07e480b31d57471b2022-03-08 · +11dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_709df235b87cf2a72022-03-08 · +11dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_cf1657c576f595362022-03-08 · +11dVerified
Montana State AGbd_eb8a2556fcfb2e892022-03-08 · +11dVerified

Name: Norwood Clinic
norm: norwood clinic
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Norwood Clinic
norm: norwood clinic
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 22, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 228,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported breach to HHS OCR

During the incident: Secured and safely restored its systems and operations
Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct a thorough forensics investigation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(126 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS 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: Oct 22, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 22, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 22, 2021 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 22, 2021 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRFeb 25 · first · this page

Maine State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Feb 25 (TN), last Mar 8 (MT) — a 11-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: Feb 25, 2022
Raw hash: eaad18f9301357e7af04e65587aebcc07cf31363375f0a227e1b4ab37072eaa4

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorwood Clinic

Victim entityNorwood Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2021

Stated responseSecured and safely restored its systems and operations

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing