PENNSYLVANIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)Critical

Warren General Hospital

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 9, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

168,921

Linked

5 records

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Warren General Hospital →2 incidents on file

Warren General Hospital reported a hacking incident to HHS on November 9, 2023, affecting 168,921 individuals. The breach, which occurred on a network server, compromised protected health information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial data, and medical details. In response, the hospital enhanced its multi-factor authentication and implemented additional technical safeguards.

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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

Nov 9, 2023

Filed

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

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteransomhousebd_520bc414886878b02023-09-23 · +47dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_0093aa35975521df2023-11-17 · +8dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_1924dfe0062bd3f12023-11-17 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b2c0ad837f45658a2023-11-17 · +8dVerified

Name: Warren General Hospital
norm: warren general hospital
Domain: wgh.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Warren General Hospital
norm: warren general hospital
Domain: wgh.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 168,921nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

Changes made: Enhanced its use of existing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all external user access to improve security
Implemented additional technical safeguards
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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HHS OCRNov 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+8d

Vermont State AG+8d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (PA), last Nov 17 (MA) — a 8-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: Nov 9, 2023
Raw hash: 3f0d0e2eb2c28f916d7055591a976eff8726f78a1f338ab6bfcb44cf9f9ead75

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWarren General Hospital

Victim entityWarren General Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEnhanced its use of existing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all external user access to improve security

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing