HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Norwood Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 22, 2021

Filed

Mar 8, 2022

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Norwood Clinic →

Norwood Clinic, Inc., a multispecialty medical group in Alabama, disclosed a cyber attack discovered on October 22, 2021, resulting in unauthorized access to patient data. Compromised data included names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, and limited health information. No financial account data was accessed. Norwood engaged forensic experts and implemented enhanced security controls, offering credit monitoring to affected patients.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 137 days

Oct 22, 2021

Discovered

Mar 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_07e480b31d57471b2022-03-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_709df235b87cf2a72022-03-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_cf1657c576f595362022-03-08Verified
HHS OCRbd_66799050ac9aa4972022-02-25 · +11dVerified

Name: Norwood Clinic
norm: norwood clinic

Name: Norwood Clinic
norm: norwood clinic
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 8, 2022
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct a thorough forensics investigation
Secured and safely restored its systems and operations
Providing notice to all of its patients
Providing twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring, dark web monitoring and up to $1,000,000 in identity theft protection
Changes made: Revising email settings and policies
Updating and modifying network security technical hardware
Adding additional password complexity rules
Instituting additional secure login mechanisms for all accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(137 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRFeb 25 · first

Maine State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Indiana State AG+11d

Montana State AG+11d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 25 (TN), last Mar 8 (MT) — a 11-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-248.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2022
Raw hash: da2a2327b72cf970896bf97ff3bc110a66e516518d398180c9d1077a526630d0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorwood Clinic

Victim entityNorwood Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2021

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to conduct a thorough forensics investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov