DisclosureLens
MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIPIIMediumContained

University of Washington

bd_ed91686ba0080211 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2022

Filed

Sep 22, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

3,707state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%
Full breach record for University of Washington7 incidents on file

Kaye-Smith, a mailing service provider for UW Medicine, disclosed a ransomware attack affecting patient billing data. The incident involved the compromise of files containing patient names, medical record numbers, and billing details. The attack was detected in late May 2022, and 3,707 Washington residents were notified in August 2022.

Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 117 days

May 18, 2022

Begins

May 28, 2022

Discovered

Sep 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRSep 21 · first
Washington State AG+1d · 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.