ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Surgical Dermatology Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 5, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

13,308

Confidence

68%

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Surgical Dermatology Group reported to HHS on 2017-08-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 13308 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate was the victim of a ransomware attack affecting ePHI including names, SSNs, and clinical data. The CE terminated the BA relationship and implemented additional 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 5, 2017

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed13,308 affectedView incident

Name: Surgical Dermatology Group
norm: surgical dermatology
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Surgical Dermatology Group
norm: surgical dermatology
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,308nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted

During the incident: Terminated its business associate relationship with the BA
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
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.

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 5, 2017
Raw hash: f8be33dc923da4322b9d783e76d872481ca5e3f35aa8fa355b17e1c8ce59b6b2

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Reporting entitySurgical Dermatology Group

Victim entitySurgical Dermatology Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseTerminated its business associate relationship with the BA

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing