WASHINGTONHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 28, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

3,864

Linked

3 records

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC →

Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC (WA) reported to HHS on 2025-08-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 3,864 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. The PHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response, the CE offered complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security 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

Aug 28, 2025

Filed

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

This filing is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteworldleaksbd_d89174ec54388cec2025-08-11 · +17dVerified

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_a48deabcfb34ce5b2025-08-28Verified by operator

Name: Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC
norm: northwest medical specialties
Domain: nwmedicalspecialties.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC
norm: northwest medical specialties
Domain: nwmedicalspecialties.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,864nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (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: HHS OCR notified

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security 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 · 2 filings

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Washington State AGAug 28 · first

HHS OCRAug 28 · 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: Aug 28, 2025
Raw hash: df576cb7e1e58d67fbc47f1bca749ad4f734c0f4c7f66c8071aa4f67a0a9a193

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorthwest Medical Specialties PLLC

Victim entityNorthwest Medical Specialties PLLC

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing