PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 27, 2019

Filed

Mar 27, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

8,193

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C. →

Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C. reported to HHS on 2019-03-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8193 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An unauthorized party gained access to PHI on its server and deployed a ransomware attack that encrypted some files. A third party investigation found a remote desktop login with an IP address originating from Russia. After investigation, the evidence did not find any actual opening of the files or exposure of PHI.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Mar 27, 2019

Begins

Mar 27, 2019

Discovered

Mar 27, 2019

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,193 affectedView incident

Name: Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C.
norm: northeast philadelphia vascular surgeons
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northeast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C.
norm: northeast philadelphia vascular surgeons
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 27, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 27, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,193nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (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 ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the newly implemented policies and procedures on uses and disclosures of PHI and the safeguarding of sensitive dataOCR provided technical guidance leading to the option of a risk analysis
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Implemented multi-factor authentication for any remote access into its online environment
Implemented a mandatory virtual private network
Implemented location restrictions for remote access
Provided notification of the breach to all affected individuals
Changes made: Conducted regular enterprise-wide risk assessments to address the risks and vulnerabilities identified in the risk analysis
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 27, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 27, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 27, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 27, 2019 → 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: Mar 27, 2019
Raw hash: afb0b3177c37f6c1ea5da6963364f9110a2c851c8b65db86bf1c1507e242b03f

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Reporting entityNortheast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C.

Victim entityNortheast Philadelphia Vascular Surgeons, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 27, 2019

Stated responseImplemented multi-factor authentication for any remote access into its online environment

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing