CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHICriticalResolved

Pacific Alliance Medical Center

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 10, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

266,123

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Pacific Alliance Medical Center →2 incidents on file

Pacific Alliance Medical Center (CA) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-08-10 a Hacking/IT Incident (malware/ransomware attack) affecting 266,123 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license information, claims information, diagnoses, medications, lab results, and medical images. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following OCR's investigation, the CE strengthened administrative and technical safeguards to enhance protection of PHI.

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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

Aug 10, 2017

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_df2bbf3bcd85420e2017-08-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Pacific Alliance Medical Center
norm: pacific alliance medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pacific Alliance Medical Center
norm: pacific alliance medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 266,123nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation completed; CE required to enhance PHI safeguarding practices

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Strengthened administrative and technical safeguards following the breach
Changes made: Enhanced administrative safeguards
Enhanced technical safeguards
OCR investigation resulted in CE enhancing PHI safeguarding practices
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRAug 10 · first · this page

California State AG+1d

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: Aug 10, 2017
Raw hash: 0058db65691a2b00270f00fb78ca396529428ff0013e99fa3ddc0d9415251d04

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Alliance Medical Center

Victim entityPacific Alliance Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing