CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 31, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

12,723

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group →

Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group reported to HHS on 2024-12-31 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 12723 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack exposing PHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, and driver's license numbers.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ 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

Dec 31, 2024

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

A leak claim by everest about this victim predates this filing by 66 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteeverestbd_c6f25a8a3412a7f52024-10-25 · +67dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_571d897cb477c29c2025-01-03 · +3dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_a14da3c468ce7bdd2025-01-03 · +3dVerified
Presseverestbd_a2695396a6b93d182024-10-04 · +88dCandidate

Name: Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group
norm: pacific pulmonary medical
Domain: pacificpulm.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pacific Pulmonary Medical Group
norm: pacific pulmonary medical
Domain: pacificpulm.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 12,723nationwide
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: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30dHHS 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 · 2 states

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PressOct 4 · first

HHS OCR+88d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+91d

California State AG+91d

Pattern: first filing Oct 4, last Jan 3 (CA) — a 91-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: Dec 31, 2024
Raw hash: 54afa217030ba238f5ca226b69123253cd3ffdf4a95405be4150f44e3781db3e

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Pulmonary Medical Group

Victim entityPacific Pulmonary Medical Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing