TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Southwest Family Medicine Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 7, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

36,959

Linked

7 records

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Southwest Family Medicine Associates →

Southwest Family Medicine Associates, PA (TX) reported to HHS on 2024-11-07 a ransomware incident affecting 36,959 individuals' PHI stored on a network server. Compromised information included demographic and clinical data. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to OCR's investigation, the CE revised policies and procedures, implemented additional technical safeguards, and retrained its workforce.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ 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

Nov 7, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim was first seen 86 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_18f534242947244b2024-08-13 · +85dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_380197d4cbfb73772024-11-07Candidate
Montana State AGbd_51f1dec5f33c98412024-11-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_84cfa0fdfd6e9f0c2024-11-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a4d4c4ac8b63a1032024-11-08 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_779ec7d8d07443832024-11-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Southwest Family Medicine Associates
norm: southwest family medicine associates
Domain: sfmahealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Southwest Family Medicine Associates
norm: southwest family medicine associates
Domain: sfmahealth.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 36,959nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil RightsSubject to OCR investigation

During the incident: Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Revised policies and procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained workforce members
Changes made: Revised policies and procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained workforce members
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30dHHS 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.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGNov 7 · first

Montana State AGNov 7 · first

Indiana State AGNov 7 · first

HHS OCRNov 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (ME), last Nov 12 (NH) — a 5-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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 7, 2024
Raw hash: c67de747a5639db582c9ba467aa7ea8f122d0a1b7b0f78663c7b54359b1bafad

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Family Medicine Associates

Victim entitySouthwest Family Medicine Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified affected individuals

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing