GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Athens Heart Center, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 16, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

12,158

Confidence

69%

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Athens Heart Center, P.C. reported to HHS on 2018-04-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 12,158 individuals. Breached information located on Electronic Medical Record. The incident compromised PHI including names, diagnoses, insurance info, and medications. The entity implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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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, 2018

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.Confirmed12,158 affectedView incident

Name: Athens Heart Center, P.C.
norm: athens heart center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Athens Heart Center, P.C.
norm: athens heart center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,158nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
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: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → 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: Apr 16, 2018
Raw hash: 140a7bc2ad2b3673ac7317bd7271a0c57fe068a3b774ce277d8ad90dd7155512

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Reporting entityAthens Heart Center, P.C.

Victim entityAthens Heart Center, P.C.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing