MARYLANDMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Retina Group of Washington, PLLC

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 22, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

455,935

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Retina Group of Washington, PLLC →

Retina Group of Washington, PLLC reported to HHS on 2023-12-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 455,935 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved ransomware encrypting PHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and medical records.

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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 22, 2023

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f22cb1e8982dd2d52023-12-22Verified

Name: Retina Group of Washington, PLLC
norm: retina group of washington
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Retina Group of Washington, PLLC
norm: retina group of washington
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 455,935nationwide
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: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 22 · first

HHS OCRDec 22 · first · 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.

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 22, 2023
Raw hash: e6ddfcf43772e2c905c59591b620840c3df1959e5891bdecc37c7a523e2f7eab

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRetina Group of Washington, PLLC

Victim entityRetina Group of Washington, PLLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing