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CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Prima Medical Foundation

bd_e2c776f5b530f7de · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 26, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

2,933

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Prima Medical Foundation →

Prima Medical Foundation (CA) reported to HHS OCR on 2016-09-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,933 individuals. Business associate Medical Practice Concepts, Inc. experienced a ransomware infection on its network server. Forensic investigation found no evidence PHI was accessed or exfiltrated; however, backup failure during data restoration caused loss of physician-documented records for July 11–26, 2016. OCR consolidated this case into a review of the business associate.

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

Jul 11, 2016

Begins

Sep 26, 2016

Filed

Part of Marin Medical Practice Concepts, Inc. supply-chain incident (2016) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,933 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.