HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PHIPIIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 18, 2025

Filed

Aug 28, 2025

To disclose

10 days

Affected

3,846state residents only

Linked

3 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC →

Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to patient data. Access occurred Aug 15, 2025; discovered Aug 18. 3,846 WA residents affected. Data likely included names. Third-party forensics engaged; credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d10 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

Aug 15, 2025

Begins

Aug 18, 2025

Discovered

Aug 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteworldleaksbd_d89174ec54388cec2025-08-11 · +17dVerified

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_d747ee0a45f2c1e52025-08-28Verified

Name: Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC
norm: northwest medical specialties
Domain: nwmedicalspecialties.com

Name: Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC
norm: northwest medical specialties
Domain: nwmedicalspecialties.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 18, 2025
Breach occurred: Aug 15, 2025
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 3, 2025
Affected individuals: 3,846state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to isolate and secure the network
Engaged third-party specialists to assist with investigating the claimed activity
Ensuring containment
Changes made: Reviewing our policies and procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards to further enhance the security of information
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRAug 28 · first

Washington State AGAug 28 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA34502.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 28, 2025
Raw hash: 8be209df3a896e80164886e2bab5ba35d09a9cc5d0d58e5ff24ee4130974c804

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Medical Specialties PLLC

Victim entityNorthwest Medical Specialties PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 18, 2025

Stated responseTook steps to isolate and secure the network

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com