KENTUCKYHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Pulmonary Specialists of Louisville

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 26, 2017

Filed

Nov 27, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

32,000

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Pulmonary Specialists of Louisville →

Pulmonary Specialists of Louisville, PSC reported to HHS on 2017-11-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 32,000 individuals. The breach, discovered on September 26, 2017, involved an unauthorized third party accessing its electronic health record system. Exposed information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and protected health information.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Sep 26, 2017

Discovered

Nov 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_82d7492da19f3e192017-11-28 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_933f26c5140addaa2017-11-28 · +1dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_99b238f9b40199fc2017-11-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Pulmonary Specialists of Louisville
norm: pulmonary specialists of louisville
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Pulmonary Specialists of Louisville
norm: pulmonary specialists of louisville
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Sep 26, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 32,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistanceNotified HHS

During the incident: Disabled the open computer port
Rebuilt its file system
Changes made: Revised policies on information systems activity review, access controls, user authentication, unique user ID, and contingency plans
Transferred to a cloud-based fully encrypted EHR system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Sep 26, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Sep 26, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRNov 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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: Nov 27, 2017
Raw hash: 4b1bf46261d499eac800ecf627db9fe65bde184fd0aa6596399ad5167cc79160

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPulmonary Specialists of Louisville

Victim entityPulmonary Specialists of Louisville

Incidentdiscovered Sep 26, 2017

Stated responseDisabled the open computer port

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing