MARYLANDHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

West Cecil Health Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 17, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1,136

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

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West Cecil Health Center reported to HHS on 2023-02-17 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1136 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A business associate's scheduling platform had malicious code installed, compromising PHI including names, DOB, addresses, and clinical data. The BA removed the code, engaged a forensic firm, and provided credit monitoring.

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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

Feb 17, 2023

Filed

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

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_763c084d5c817ab52023-02-17Verified

Name: West Cecil Health Center
norm: west cecil health center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: West Cecil Health Center
norm: west cecil health center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,136nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Removed the code
Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGFeb 17 · first

HHS OCRFeb 17 · first · this page

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: Feb 17, 2023
Raw hash: cb1bc1bff72aa180e63cd636f851545696c09bc88d49219f122c221edbd6c3eb

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWest Cecil Health Center

Victim entityWest Cecil Health Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRemoved the code

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing