DisclosureLens
WASHINGTONMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Data EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 22, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

179,189

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

98%
Full breach record for MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM →4 incidents on file

MultiCare Health System (WA) reported to HHS on 2020-08-22 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 179,189 individuals. The attack was experienced by a business associate and impacted ePHI stored on a Network Server. Breached information included names, dates of birth, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice.

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 22, 2020

Filed

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

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGAug 21 · first
HHS OCR+1d · this page

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.