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Morton Medical Center, PLLC

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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.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified23 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.

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

Source provenance

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

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Mar 1, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,000
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
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.

Compliance

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS 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
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 1, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.