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NEW JERSEYMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Susan M Hughes Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 27, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

11,400

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Susan M Hughes Center →

Susan M. Hughes Center (NJ) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-12-27 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 11,400 individuals. Breached ePHI was located on a Network Server and included names, telephone numbers, financial information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards, including staff retraining. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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 27, 2016

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11,400 affectedView incident

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.