NORTH DAKOTAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCustomer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Financial accountIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Southwest Healthcare Services

bd_b9a3d1a0f4aeea7d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 1, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

15,996

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Southwest Healthcare Services →

Southwest Healthcare Services (ND) reported to HHS OCR on 2023-04-01 a ransomware attack affecting the PHI of 15,996 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server and included clinical, financial, and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, offered complimentary credit monitoring, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d

⚠ 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

Apr 1, 2023

Filed

—

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 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by donutleaks about this victim predates this filing by 161 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitedonutleaksbd_d333197f85b581412022-10-22 · +161dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_0c8778d9b0a5454d2023-03-31 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_3e7012f6243e4f0d2023-03-31 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_77a08581489e18ad2023-03-31 · +1dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_c057300c877b220e2023-03-31 · +1dVerified by operator

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Illinois State AGbd_698e75070d75b0d32023-01-01 · +90dVerified by operator

Name: Southwest Healthcare Services
norm: southwest healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Southwest Healthcare Services
norm: southwest healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,996nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Financial accountIdentity (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 OCR
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Additional security safeguards implemented
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >90dHHS 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 · 6 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Washington State AG+89d

Montana State AG+89d

Vermont State AG+89d

HHS OCR+90d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 1 (ND) — a 90-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: Apr 1, 2023
Raw hash: d148819bc593a106cece8eb27c9be804f4a854f38413e19244808afdd2175b7d

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Healthcare Services

Victim entitySouthwest Healthcare Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS OCR

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing