GEORGIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Good Samaritan Health Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 6, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

5,000

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Good Samaritan Health Center →2 incidents on file

The Good Samaritan Health Center reported to HHS on 2013-12-06 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 5000 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. Malware encrypted clinical PHI including diagnoses, lab results, and medications. Data was restored. Staff retrained and antivirus upgraded.

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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

Dec 6, 2013

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.Confirmed5,000 affectedView incident

Name: Good Samaritan Health Center
norm: good samaritan health center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Good Samaritan Health Center
norm: good samaritan health center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the Security Rule including risk analysis and risk management

During the incident: Retrained staff
Implemented additional safeguards for secure file backup
Upgraded its antivirus software
Provided substitute notice of the breach
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards for secure file backup
Upgraded its antivirus software
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: Dec 6, 2013
Raw hash: 5a0b9c3aaa8c1c0bded5f9f903699ea26f5a6c5a2d92a24630b2508b0c598ea1

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Reporting entityGood Samaritan Health Center

Victim entityGood Samaritan Health Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetrained staff

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing