NORTH CAROLINAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)CriticalContained

Wilmington Surgical Associates

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 17, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

114,834

Linked

6 records

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Wilmington Surgical Associates →

Wilmington Surgical Associates, P.A. (NC) reported to HHS OCR on 2020-12-17 a ransomware attack on a network server affecting 114,834 individuals. Exposed ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, clinical information, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and responded by implementing new HIPAA policies/procedures and strengthening technical safeguards.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ 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

Dec 17, 2020

Filed

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

This filing is one of 6 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by netwalker about this victim was first seen 57 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitenetwalkerbd_df92dd255f1dd1722020-10-01 · +77dCandidate

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_771d6418c92f04712021-01-01 · +15dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_17c1819a6bcba3522021-01-08 · +22dVerified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_5ad7b2ab97139db82021-01-08 · +22dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_66fd2565851ed9ed2020-01-01 · +351dVerified by operator

Name: Wilmington Surgical Associates
norm: wilmington surgical associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Wilmington Surgical Associates
norm: wilmington surgical associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 114,834nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented new HIPAA policies and procedures
Strengthened technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented new HIPAA policies and procedures
Strengthened technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30dHHS 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 · 5 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+351d · this page

Illinois State AG+366d

Maine State AG+373d

Massachusetts State AG+373d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 8 (MA) — a 373-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: Dec 17, 2020
Raw hash: 2596cb761bcd64b91d75dd6dfdb0ae0a6fb951602582256e3d17d150facb8dbf

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilmington Surgical Associates

Victim entityWilmington Surgical Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing