NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 19, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

132,887

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Columbus Regional Healthcare System reported to HHS on 2024-01-19 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 132,887 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, SSNs, diagnoses, and financial data. The CE offered free credit monitoring and implemented additional safeguards.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ 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

Jan 19, 2024

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 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by daixin about this victim predates this filing by 223 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_24d9b354b418af932024-01-19Verified
Maine State AGbd_4e70fe80e35089302024-01-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_545284449387bb152024-01-24 · +5dVerified

Name: Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.
norm: columbus regional healthcare system
Domain: crhealthcare.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.
norm: columbus regional healthcare system
Domain: crhealthcare.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 132,887nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
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

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Offered free credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180dHHS 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · first

HHS OCRJan 19 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (VT), last Jan 24 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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: Jan 19, 2024
Raw hash: e3914d2ce83c7067d0641ca4ced8d6b11e673ca942e995c2bd10cee46f0b481c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

Victim entityColumbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing