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Morton Medical Center, PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 1, 2016

Filed

Mar 24, 2016

To disclose

23 days

Affected

3,000

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Morton Medical Center, PLLC →

Morton Medical Center, PLLC (WA) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-03-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3,000 individuals. A ransomware virus introduced via an internet "add-on" encrypted merge documents and held ePHI for ransom on Desktop Computer and Network Server. The ransom was paid and ePHI was released; no confirmed exfiltration or unauthorized access to ePHI was found. Potentially exposed data included names, addresses, demographics, and some diagnostic information. The CE subsequently overhauled its IT systems, retrained staff, and implemented new access policies. OCR provided technical assistance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time23 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Mar 1, 2016

Begins

Mar 1, 2016

Discovered

Mar 24, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,000 affectedView incident

Name: Morton Medical Center, PLLC
norm: morton medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Morton Medical Center, PLLC
norm: morton medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 1, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the requirements of the Breach Notification Rule.

During the incident: Paid ransom to obtain release of encrypted ePHI.
Conducted enterprise-wide risk analysis of ePHI risks.
Developed and implemented a risk management plan.
Overhauled entire IT system with strengthened physical, administrative, and technical safeguards.
Re-trained workforce members on security policies.
Implemented new policy prohibiting Internet access for non-business reasons.
Changes made: Enterprise-wide ePHI risk analysis completed.
Full IT system overhaul with focus on physical, administrative, and technical safeguards.
New acceptable-use policy prohibiting non-business Internet access.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 1, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2016 → 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: Mar 24, 2016
Raw hash: c5f1ffdf89b06f6ee241f344fb2c08f3dde067a48db75d22fb20c03a047be581

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Reporting entityMorton Medical Center, PLLC

Victim entityMorton Medical Center, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 1, 2016

Stated responsePaid ransom to obtain release of encrypted ePHI.

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing