KANSASHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Esther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 1, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

12,974

Confidence

68%

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Esther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A. reported to HHS on 2018-03-01 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 12,974 individuals. An employee was victimized by an email phishing scheme. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, and Network Server. PHI included names, DOB, addresses, driver's license info, SSNs, claims, clinical info, lab results, diagnoses, and medications.

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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

Mar 1, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed12,974 affectedView incident

Name: Esther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A.
norm: esther v rettig md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Esther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A.
norm: esther v rettig md
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,974nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerElectronic medical recordNetwork server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Notified local law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
Retrained its staff on the proper methods of identifying fraudulent email communications
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.

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 1, 2018
Raw hash: 1ceecb6580ab259841d9c72aa2bb0f44b2a0842c83d6da7562e28b181cd405db

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Reporting entityEsther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A.

Victim entityEsther V. Rettig, M.D., P.A.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing