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LOUISIANAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

Cardiology Center of Acadiana

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 7, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

9,681

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Cardiology Center of Acadiana →

Cardiology Center of Acadiana (LA) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-04-07 a Hacking/IT Incident (ransomware attack) affecting 9,681 individuals. PHI on a network server was encrypted and rendered unusable. Exposed data included demographic, financial, and clinical information. The CE notified affected individuals, HHS, and media. Following an OCR investigation, the CE implemented corrective technical safeguards including a new firewall. No business associate was involved.

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

Apr 7, 2017

Filed

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,681 affectedView incident

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.