MISSOURIMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedData DestroyedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Prosthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 7, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

23,015

Confidence

50%

Prosthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc. reported a ransomware incident to HHS on August 7, 2016, affecting 23,015 individuals. The attackers encrypted or erased patient data from a network server and demanded a $75,000 bitcoin ransom. The compromised information included names, social security numbers, and detailed protected health information.

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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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Aug 7, 2016

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed23,015 affectedView incident

Name: Prosthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc.
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Prosthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc.
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23,015nationwide
Data types: Health (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
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSContacted the FBIOCR provided technical assistance

During the incident: Notified individuals
Notified media
Conducted an investigation to determine the root cause of the breach
Shut down the entire records system including MedFlex
Changes made: Established stringent computer security guidelines
Retrained its staff in the new requirements intended to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Cleaned and backed up pre-infiltration data files
Installed new versions of Exchange Server and Office Suite
Installed a new MedFlex server
Initiated upgrades to password length/complexity requirements
Initiated multi-factor authentication for external RDP connections to the MedFlex server
Added additional controls on enhanced user privileges
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: Aug 7, 2016
Raw hash: 4d258f0e00f0762e60da4faddcf7848f8a5864dc8e9b84093bda6ca23979b245

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Reporting entityProsthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc.

Victim entityProsthetic & Orthotic Care, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing