GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Cancer Treatment Centers of America

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 12, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

4,559

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Cancer Treatment Centers of America →7 incidents on file

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Southeastern Regional Medical Center (GA) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-07-12 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4,559 individuals. Several employees were victims of an email phishing scheme, exposing ePHI including names, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, and clinical information stored in email. The CE implemented additional technical safeguards, retrained staff on phishing recognition, and OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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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

Jul 12, 2019

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_5b1b5ef9673d06ab2019-07-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_7ec3bbc9dcafe84c2019-07-12Candidate
Montana State AGbd_a4d470aa98fa45972019-07-12Verified
Oregon State AGbd_b4f7505395f606092019-07-15 · +3dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_e5913b7a0b03f0ea2019-07-15 · +3dVerified

Name: Cancer Treatment Centers of America
norm: cancer treatment centers of america
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Cancer Treatment Centers of America
norm: cancer treatment centers of america
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,559nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — corrective action assurances obtained
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Retrained employees on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Additional technical email safeguards deployed
Employee phishing awareness retraining completed
OCR corrective action assurances provided
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 · 6 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRJul 12 · first

Montana State AGJul 12 · first

HHS OCRJul 12 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+3d

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: Jul 12, 2019
Raw hash: 5fb7d40366580c61b537b7c2e0f27a895b1b9b91ebac20a2fd768cb2087b7130

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCancer Treatment Centers of America

Victim entityCancer Treatment Centers of America

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing