WASHINGTONMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)FinancialCriticalResolved

Columbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 18, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

400,000

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Columbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane →

Columbia Surgical Specialists of Spokane (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-02-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 400,000 individuals (234,688 per description). Hackers accessed the network and installed ransomware. PHI exposed included names, dates of birth, SSNs, driver's license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, treatment info, and health insurance claims. Breached info located on a Network Server. The CE took its server offline, rebuilt the network, and added security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance on risk analysis.

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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

Feb 18, 2019

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.Confirmed400,000 affectedView incident

Name: Columbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Columbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane
norm: columbia surgical specialist of spokane
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 400,000nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial
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 notified; OCR provided technical assistance on risk analysis and risk management procedures.

During the incident: Took server offline
Rebuilt network
Added additional security and technical safeguards
Notified OCR, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Network rebuilt with enhanced security controls
Additional technical safeguards implemented
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: Feb 18, 2019
Raw hash: e8de2c43b18d5eee97d384a2bdd8e89ac4c7991977c5ed0bdc1f1ab03920590b

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Reporting entityColumbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane

Victim entityColumbia Surgical Specialist of Spokane

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTook server offline

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing