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Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC

bd_d89174ec54388cec · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 11, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 records

Confidence

50%
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Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Worldleaks on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: HealthcareDiscovered: 2025-09-11
View aggregator listing on ransomware.liveView merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Company description · AI-generated by the aggregator, not the leak post

Northwest Medical Specialties (NWMS) is a healthcare organization based in Tacoma, Washington. It provides holistic treatment for patients, particularly in areas such as oncology, hematology, and infectious diseases. Known for its focus on innovative care, NWMS utilizes research and advanced technologies to tailor solutions to individual patient needs. It has been accredited by QOPI Certification Program for its exceptional oncology patient care.

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

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Breach window unknown

Aug 11, 2025

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

This record's own dates cannot anchor compliance clocks; see the linked filings.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This leak-site claim is one of 3 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Washington State AGAug 28 · first
HHS OCRAug 28 · first

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2022-06-23

worldleaks

According to ransomware.live, World Leaks emerged in January 2025 as a rebrand of the Hunters International ransomware operation, shifting its focus from file encryption to solely stealing sensitive data and threatening to leak it unless a ransom is paid

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