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Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Aug 11, 2025

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Northwest Medical Specialties PLLC →2 incidents on file

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
Listing address (not linked): https://worldleaksartrjm3c6vasllvgacbi5u3mgzkluehrzhk2jz4taufuid.onion/companies/7274691569View merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

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

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

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteAug 11 · first · this page
HHS OCR+17d

Pattern: first filing Aug 11, last Aug 28 (WA) — a 17-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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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