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GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 8, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

24,849

Confidence

94%
Full breach record for NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. →

Northeast Georgia Health System (GA) reported to HHS OCR on 2025-04-08 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 24,849 individuals. The breach originated at a business associate that experienced a cybersecurity incident compromising PHI including names and addresses. Breached information was located on a Network Server. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards in response.

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

Apr 8, 2025

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.Confirmed24,849 affectedView incident

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.