WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

SW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 15, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

9,493

Confidence

95%

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SW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine reported to HHS OCR on 2010-10-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 9,493 individuals. A database web server containing EPHI (names, dates of birth, types and dates of x-rays) was breached by an unknown external actor who repurposed the server as a game server. No indication of actual EPHI access was found. The covered entity subsequently relocated servers to a secure data center, removed the exposed Internet access line, and improved administrative safeguards following OCR investigation. Breached information located on Network Server.

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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

Oct 15, 2010

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.Confirmed9,493 affectedView incident

Name: SW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: SW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine
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Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,493nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (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: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR investigation resulted in covered entity improving administrative safeguards including incident response and reporting
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Relocated two servers to more secure primary data center
Removed the Internet access line that resulted in the breach
Improved administrative safeguards including incident response and reporting
Changes made: Servers relocated to primary data center with improved security
Internet access line removed
Administrative safeguard enhancements per OCR investigation
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: Oct 15, 2010
Raw hash: 751d70c9e8514fb86b62f4c44892cf262596accd1a507ebc45931106f7e063f3

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Reporting entitySW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

Victim entitySW Seattle Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRelocated two servers to more secure primary data center

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing