PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Medical Associates of Lehigh Valley

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 9, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

75,628

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Medical Associates of Lehigh Valley →

Medical Associates of the Lehigh Valley reported to HHS on 2022-09-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 75,628 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI (names, addresses, DOB, SSN, diagnoses, lab results, medications). 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

Sep 9, 2022

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_ddb3f13aafaedd732022-09-09Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb97b7ee8662841d2022-09-15 · +6dVerified

Name: Medical Associates of Lehigh Valley
norm: medical associates of lehigh valley
Domain: matlv.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Medical Associates of Lehigh Valley
norm: medical associates of lehigh valley
Domain: matlv.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 75,628nationwide
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: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
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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Indiana State AGSep 9 · first

HHS OCRSep 9 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Sep 9 (IN), last Sep 15 (MA) — a 6-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: Sep 9, 2022
Raw hash: 869063b11b7b16b6f56bdea09524b888beec571f5cbd45e2fdd6d8c23d25e481

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedical Associates of Lehigh Valley

Victim entityMedical Associates of Lehigh Valley

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing