ARIZONAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Adult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jul 5, 2017

Filed

Sep 1, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

11,798

Confidence

68%

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Adult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale reported to HHS on 2017-09-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 11,798 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A third party claimed to have received PHI for 10 patients; the CE notified all 11,778 patients, provided credit monitoring, and hired a cybersecurity contractor for 24/7 monitoring.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jul 5, 2017

Discovered

Sep 1, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed11,798 affectedView incident

Name: Adult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale
norm: adult internal medicine of north scottsdale
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Adult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale
norm: adult internal medicine of north scottsdale
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 5, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11,798nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified HHSOCR provided substantial technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above

During the incident: Provided breach notification to all 11,778 patients
Provided free credit monitoring
Notified HHS and the media
Hired a cybersecurity contractor to provide 24/7 monitoring of its information technology system for unusual activity
Implemented appropriate safeguards
Changes made: Implemented appropriate safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 5, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 5, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 5, 2017 → 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: Sep 1, 2017
Raw hash: d5ea84ec1815860d0efe81516c20fa3710b5a171ce5abeb2c52375a16d4bbbc6

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Reporting entityAdult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale

Victim entityAdult Internal Medicine of North Scottsdale

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2017

Stated responseProvided breach notification to all 11,778 patients

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing