GEORGIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwarePHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)CriticalResolved

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 10, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

1,400,000

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc. →2 incidents on file

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, a Georgia-based healthcare provider, reported a ransomware attack affecting PHI of approximately 1,400,000 individuals. Affected data included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license and Social Security numbers, claims information, and diagnoses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; provided substitute notice; offered complimentary credit monitoring; and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Data was located on a network server. No business associate was reported.

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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

Aug 10, 2021

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_98ca4217929d1a3e2021-08-11 · +1dVerified

Name: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.
norm: st joseph s candler health system

Name: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.
norm: st joseph s candler health system
Industry: Healthcare Provider
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,400,000nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Ransomware
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
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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HHS OCRAug 10 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

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: Aug 10, 2021
Raw hash: 5d6a225ef80224c9cdbdf031dcd9e6d7c58bab6448e0cb935599bedbddbeb961

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

Victim entitySt. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing