IOWAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Mercy Medical Center, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 8, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

97,132

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Mercy Medical Center, Inc. →

Mercy Medical Center (IA) reported to HHS on 2023-12-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 97,132 individuals. The covered entity's business associate experienced a cyber-attack that compromised PHI stored on a Network Server. Exposed data included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR provided technical assistance on HIPAA Rules.

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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

Dec 8, 2023

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_2fd4c104c3f999bf2023-12-14 · +6dVerified

Name: Mercy Medical Center, Inc.
norm: mercy medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Mercy Medical Center, Inc.
norm: mercy medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 97,132nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.

During the incident: Covered entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
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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HHS OCRDec 8 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 8 (IA), last Dec 14 (MA) — a 6-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 8, 2023
Raw hash: 46aa3d271f081cd84ba34d3c50724e05c2e51dffecdda7e6d069a94981e48a71

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMercy Medical Center, Inc.

Victim entityMercy Medical Center, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCovered entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing