ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPHIHighResolved

Heart South Cardiovascular Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 13, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

20,577

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Heart South Cardiovascular Group →4 incidents on file

Heart South Cardiovascular Group (AL), a cardiovascular healthcare provider, reported to HHS OCR on 2024-06-13 a ransomware attack affecting 20,577 individuals. Compromised PHI on a network server included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, SSNs, diagnoses, lab results, medications, health insurance information, claims/financial data, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, individuals, and the media, implemented new technical safeguards, and retrained workforce members. OCR provided technical assistance on the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

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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

Jun 13, 2024

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.Confirmed20,577 affectedView incident

Name: Heart South Cardiovascular Group
norm: heart south cardiovascular
Domain: heartsouthpc.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Heart South Cardiovascular Group
norm: heart south cardiovascular
Domain: heartsouthpc.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 20,577nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountPHI
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 notifiedOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Published substitute notice on website
Changes made: Implemented new technical safeguards
Retrained workforce members
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: Jun 13, 2024
Raw hash: 5e943f5c05240753aea6c450211c4ecacec0e65409cdf2dde36e21332a7ba6b4

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Reporting entityHeart South Cardiovascular Group

Victim entityHeart South Cardiovascular Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing