FLORIDAHackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)CriticalResolved

21st Century Oncology

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Severity

Critical

Financial impact

$2.30M

Discovered

Oct 3, 2015

Filed

Mar 4, 2016

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

2,213,597

Linked

8 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for 21st Century Oncology →

21st Century Oncology, Inc. reported to HHS on 2016-03-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2,213,597 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The attacker accessed the SQL database via remote desktop protocol starting October 3, 2015. Patient names, SSNs, diagnoses, and insurance info were exposed. 21CO settled for $2.3 million and implemented a corrective action plan.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Oct 3, 2015 → Notified Mar 4, 2016153d ✗ HHS report late22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Oct 3, 2015

Begins

Oct 3, 2015

Discovered

Mar 4, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_231b0f2f48d86b562016-03-04Verified
California State AGbd_71143f2f3db9e0472016-03-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ed346a8482bd7a842016-03-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_f97670eab77986b12016-03-14 · +10dVerified by operator

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Massachusetts State AGbd_8b2c60608960c1d32016-04-27 · +54dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_527c87e1e91d5b942016-04-28 · +55dVerified

Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_d54ff290c72ee2482017-12-28 · +664dVerified by operator

Name: 21st Century Oncology
norm: 21st century oncology
Domain: 21co.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: 21st Century Oncology
norm: 21st century oncology
Domain: 21co.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 3, 2015
Breach occurred: Oct 3, 2015
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 4, 2016
Affected individuals: 2,213,597nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR)Settlement with OCR approved by Bankruptcy Court
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Agreed to pay $2.3 million in settlement
Adopted a comprehensive corrective action plan
Completed a risk analysis and risk management plan
Revised policies and procedures
Educated its workforce on policies and procedures
Provided all maintained business associate agreements to OCR
Submitted an internal monitoring plan
Changes made: Completed a risk analysis and risk management plan
Revised policies and procedures
Educated its workforce on policies and procedures
Provided all maintained business associate agreements to OCR
Submitted an internal monitoring plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 153dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 3, 2015
→ Notified: Mar 4, 2016
153d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 3, 2015
→ Notified: Mar 4, 2016
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 3, 2015 → Notified: Mar 4, 2016	153d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 3, 2015 → Notified: Mar 4, 2016	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Washington State AGMar 4 · first

California State AGMar 4 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 4 · first

HHS OCRMar 4 · first · this page

Montana State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+54d

South Carolina State AG+55d

Pattern: first filing Mar 4 (WA), last Apr 28 (SC) — a 55-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://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: Mar 4, 2016
Raw hash: 9d4e5ee60a3ff40a969f214ca9d8a7cf0a8fd78a4be856d52c48e3bec258db1a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entity21st Century Oncology

Victim entity21st Century Oncology

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2015

Stated responseAgreed to pay $2.3 million in settlement

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing