WEST VIRGINIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Weirton Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 18, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

26,793

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Weirton Medical Center →

Weirton Medical Center reported to HHS on 2024-03-18 a ransomware attack affecting 26,793 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, SSNs, DOBs, insurance info, and treatment data.

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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

Mar 18, 2024

Filed

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

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5950138fad9624652024-03-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c699b2812ddf97dd2024-03-18Verified
Vermont State AGbd_fa0e49b3296f5af02024-03-18Verified

Name: Weirton Medical Center
norm: weirton medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Weirton Medical Center
norm: weirton medical center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,793nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
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 Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first

Vermont State AGMar 18 · first

HHS OCRMar 18 · first · this page

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: Mar 18, 2024
Raw hash: d965c553267e9dc7a796516c03d6f9990518f2f1d04a23d2f996046c1d59819a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWeirton Medical Center

Victim entityWeirton Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing