SOUTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

CareSouth Carolina, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 14, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

76,035

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for CareSouth Carolina, Inc. →

CareSouth Carolina, Inc. (SC) reported to HHS on 2021-05-14 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack via business associate) affecting 76,035 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab results, and medications prescribed. The CE terminated its relationship with the BA and implemented additional technical safeguards. Credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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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

May 14, 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 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_362725b470e87f752021-05-14Verified
Maine State AGbd_448e0719ccdbc3aa2021-05-14Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_ea98627dd6e25b0b2021-05-14Verified

Name: CareSouth Carolina, Inc.
norm: caresouth carolina
Domain: caresouth-carolina.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: CareSouth Carolina, Inc.
norm: caresouth carolina
Domain: caresouth-carolina.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 76,035nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Terminated business relationship with the business associate
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Terminated business relationship with the business associate involved in the breach
Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI
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 · 4 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 14 · first

Maine State AGMay 14 · first

South Carolina State AGMay 14 · first

HHS OCRMay 14 · 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: May 14, 2021
Raw hash: b4ecd740f2ef5bcd33a1c1445d9f47936eed94b5d094c82398f22cdb733212e4

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareSouth Carolina, Inc.

Victim entityCareSouth Carolina, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing