NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Essen Medical Associates, PC

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

May 16, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

904,672

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Essen Medical Associates, PC →

Essen Medical Associates, P.C. reported to HHS on 2023-05-16 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 904,672 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. The entity implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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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 16, 2023

Filed

—

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

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_1afcdb98d03ed5002023-05-10 · +6dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_35f953788db3313d2023-12-29 · +227dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_e79e9c13d375be372023-12-29 · +227dCandidate

Name: Essen Medical Associates, PC
norm: essen medical associates
Domain: essenhealthcare.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Essen Medical Associates, PC
norm: essen medical associates
Domain: essenhealthcare.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 904,672nationwide
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: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRMay 16 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+227d

Montana State AG+227d

Pattern: first filing May 16 (NY), last Dec 29 (MT) — a 227-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: May 16, 2023
Raw hash: 0ddb358ee523bb82842c561b9b8d1f36bfa5f37050f48bc74a3ad4c4a568e876

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEssen Medical Associates, PC

Victim entityEssen Medical Associates, PC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing