MARYLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Primary Health & Wellness Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 17, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

4,792

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Primary Health & Wellness Center →

Primary Health & Wellness Center, LLC reported to HHS on 2023-12-17 a ransomware incident affecting 4,792 individuals. Breached information, located on a Network Server, included demographic and clinical protected health information (PHI). The center responded by implementing additional technical security and retraining staff.

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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 17, 2023

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.Confirmed4,792 affectedView incident

Name: Primary Health & Wellness Center
norm: primary health wellness center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Primary Health & Wellness Center
norm: primary health wellness center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,792nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

Changes made: Implemented additional technical security
Staff were retrained in its requirements to protect and secure PHI.
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 17, 2023
Raw hash: 66a85bbe41fcfc831c6b4dd7984a879d298e2e4d599d2aad482041591fd961f3

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Reporting entityPrimary Health & Wellness Center

Victim entityPrimary Health & Wellness Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional technical security

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing