FLORIDAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Florida Heart Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 19, 2021

Filed

Jul 7, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

45,148

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Florida Heart Associates →

Florida Heart Associates, a healthcare provider in FL, reported to HHS on 2021-07-07 a ransomware attack (Hacking/IT Incident) affecting 45,148 individuals. Breached ePHI was located on a Network Server and included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers' license numbers, health insurance information, diagnoses, medications, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; offered credit monitoring; and responded by strengthening technical safeguards and revising policies and procedures.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

May 19, 2021

Discovered

Jul 7, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitepysabd_b1e8d94459d190ee2021-11-08 · +124dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_53e00efeb02fb7192021-07-13 · +6dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_674aa52f2e398bed2021-07-13 · +6dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_406b946c26f95da62021-07-14 · +7dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_30fea2301fa74ddd2021-07-17 · +10dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_eabdb07b7e06a0612021-07-30 · +23dVerified

Name: Florida Heart Associates
norm: florida heart associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Florida Heart Associates
norm: florida heart associates
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: May 19, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 45,148nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
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 breach notification submitted

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Provided phone number for questions or concerns
Changes made: Strengthened technical safeguards
Revised policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: May 19, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: May 19, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: May 19, 2021 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: May 19, 2021 → 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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HHS OCRJul 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Montana State AG+6d

Maine State AG+7d

Indiana State AG+10d

Maine State AG+23d

Pattern: first filing Jul 7 (FL), last Jul 30 (ME) — a 23-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: Jul 7, 2021
Raw hash: deab0cff124543fa8e9dff6ce50f6073f4d26805140f8f61813d2d5f780f6fe9

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFlorida Heart Associates

Victim entityFlorida Heart Associates

Incidentdiscovered May 19, 2021

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing