FEDERALMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASICHigh

Lutheran Services Carolinas

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The business associate (BA), Lutheran Services Carolinas, reported that it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 1,226 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, drivers’ license numbers, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,226 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Apr 12, 2022
Raw hash: 0a718d14640b51a5c9b4525b613f7f6d9d7d6feacab13f015ff9bfc40fb627bb

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Lutheran Services Carolinas
norm: lutheran services carolinas
Industry: Business Associate

Victim entity

Name: Lutheran Services Carolinas
norm: lutheran services carolinas
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,226
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTFINANCIAL_ACCOUNTHEALTH_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.