GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 18, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

531,000

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic →3 incidents on file

Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic (GA) reported a hacking incident affecting approximately 531,000 patients. The breach involved unauthorized intrusion into its computer system, potentially exposing PHI including names, addresses, DOB, SSNs, and clinical info. The clinic engaged forensic IT firms, terminated a business associate relationship, and implemented technical safeguards including MFA, new IDS, and firewall improvements.

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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

Nov 18, 2016

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ab9f89c6adabb8272016-11-09 · +9dVerified

Name: Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic
norm: peachtree orthopaedic clinic
Domain: peachtreeorthopedics.com

Name: Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic
norm: peachtree orthopaedic clinic
Domain: peachtreeorthopedics.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 531,000
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: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSProvided breach notification to the media
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained a third party IT security firm to perform a forensic evaluation
Ended its relationship with the business associate that it concluded was the source of the compromise to its database
Implemented a new intrusion detection system
Improved its firewall
Reset all of its user passwords
Upgraded its anti-virus software
Added additional monitoring of user activity
Implemented multi-factor authentication for remote users
Changes made: Completed a new risk analysis
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 9 · first

HHS OCR+9d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (MA), last Nov 18 (GA) — a 9-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: Nov 18, 2016
Raw hash: 5a0c3591041e03a8a1ec6f5a71f2557fd7b35c821e811df8c80e37cdad7084fa

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeachtree Orthopaedic Clinic

Victim entityPeachtree Orthopaedic Clinic

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetained a third party IT security firm to perform a forensic evaluation

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing