PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesEducationHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighContained

Mars Area School District

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 24, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1,270

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Mars Area School District →

Mars Area School District (PA), a self-insured Health Plan acting as covered entity, reported to HHS OCR on 2023-04-24 a ransomware incident affecting 1,270 individuals. PHI on a network server included names, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license and Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

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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

Apr 24, 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 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by vicesociety about this victim predates this filing by 183 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitevicesocietybd_ee4462776aac983b2022-10-23 · +183dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_412a01993de0c6492023-04-24Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_a406f56a4ad726742023-04-24Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_2530a702013b3b442023-05-01 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_aaf6ff56f355050b2022-11-02 · +173dVerified by operator

Name: Mars Area School District
norm: mars area school district
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Mars Area School District
norm: mars area school district
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultFinancial ServicesllmEducationllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,270nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the Covered Entity regarding the HIPAA Rules.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data.
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 · 5 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 2 · first

Massachusetts State AG+173d

Montana State AG+173d

HHS OCR+173d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+180d

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (MT), last May 1 (NH) — a 180-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: Apr 24, 2023
Raw hash: f3e0ef23d66bcfe31fcad404bfa10257c0642fdcae71803c83b28100cb419674

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMars Area School District

Victim entityMars Area School District

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing