GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Vascular Surgical Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2016

Filed

Nov 10, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

36,496

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Vascular Surgical Associates →

Vascular Surgical Associates reported to HHS on 2016-11-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 36496 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Unauthorized third parties gained access via an administrative account set up by its EHR vendor, installed software to hide activity, and obtained PHI including patient names, addresses, dates of birth, and health diagnoses.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks 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 · 8 weeks / 58 days

Sep 13, 2016

Begins

Sep 13, 2016

Discovered

Nov 10, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed36,496 affectedView incident

Name: Vascular Surgical Associates
norm: vascular surgical associates
Domain: vascularsurgical.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Vascular Surgical Associates
norm: vascular surgical associates
Domain: vascularsurgical.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 13, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 13, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,496nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1056 Input Capture
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Terminated the unauthorized third parties’ access to its server
Changed and strengthened passwords
Contacted law enforcement
Implemented Sonicwall protection, antivirus software, and Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network
Conducted daily log reviews looking for anomalies
Rebuilt its network, including its EHR system
Retrained its workforce
Strengthened its HIPAA policies and procedures
Changes made: Implemented Sonicwall protection, antivirus software, and Secure Sockets Layer virtual private network
Rebuilt its network, including its EHR system
Retrained its workforce
Strengthened its HIPAA policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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: Sep 13, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 13, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 13, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 13, 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: Nov 10, 2016
Raw hash: 980fcac862d39392c0e9947d4d2d63edd52d98d494ec459dcb87383ea3b6517e

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Reporting entityVascular Surgical Associates

Victim entityVascular Surgical Associates

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2016

Stated responseTerminated the unauthorized third parties’ access to its server

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing