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PENNSYLVANIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)High

Washington County Department of Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 26, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

13,583

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Washington County Department of Human Services →

Washington County Department of Human Services reported a ransomware attack to HHS on March 26, 2024, which affected 13,583 individuals. The compromised information, located on a network server, included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates, and protected health information (PHI) like claims, diagnoses, and treatment details. In response, the entity retrained all staff and implemented enhanced security safeguards.

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

Mar 26, 2024

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.Confirmed13,583 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.