NORTH CAROLINAHackingHealthcareHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Business Associate (HIPAA)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIPIIPCIIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates, P.A.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 8, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

9,988

Confidence

91%

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Credit card and contact information of 9,988 patients of Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates, P.A. (now Providence Anesthesia Associates, P.A.) was compromised when an unauthorized actor accessed servers of its website-hosting business associate, E-dreamz, Inc. Compromised PHI included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and credit card information. The CE notified HHS, the media, affected individuals, the FBI, the NC Attorney General, and major card brands; offered one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection; engaged a forensic specialist; terminated the BA relationship; and updated HIPAA policies. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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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 8, 2013

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,988 affectedView incident

Name: E-dreamz, Inc.
norm: e dreamz
Industry: Website Hosting / IT Services

Name: Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates, P.A.
norm: presbyterian anesthesia associates
Industry: Healthcare - Anesthesiology
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,988nationwide
Data types: PHIPIIPCIIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach reportNorth Carolina Attorney General notificationFBI notificationMajor credit card companies notified
Third party: via E-dreamz, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Notified affected individuals, HHS, and the media
Offered one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection
Hired outside forensic computer specialist to investigate
Changes made: Terminated service agreement with the business associate
Engaged new website hosting vendor under a satisfactory BA agreement that prohibits storage of PHI on vendor servers
Reviewed and updated HIPAA policies and procedures
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.

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 8, 2013
Raw hash: 2d8cd6eddf46648a3e3f251d9d4f288483dd2ef844db56ab8a56dd50c9f28f35

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Reporting entityE-dreamz, Inc.

Victim entityPresbyterian Anesthesia Associates, P.A.

IncidentThird-Party / Supply Chain

Stated responseNotified affected individuals, HHS, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing