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

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 10, 2021

To disclose

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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.

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

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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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
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.