HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Harrisburg Gastroenterology Ltd. and Harrisburg Endoscopy and Surgery Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 17, 2017

Filed

Apr 28, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

13state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Harrisburg Gastroenterology Ltd. and Harrisburg Endoscopy and Surgery Center →

Harrisburg Gastroenterology Ltd. and Harrisburg Endoscopy and Surgery Center notified the NH AG on April 28, 2017, of a March 17, 2017 incident where an unauthorized individual potentially accessed a database containing patient PII (names, SSNs, health insurance info) and clinical data. 13 NH residents were notified. No evidence of misuse was found. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Mar 17, 2017

Discovered

Apr 28, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_05fd7ed4173ff4e72017-04-28Verified
HHS OCRbd_34e130f9692bdb262017-04-28Verified
HHS OCRbd_36d78d077984248c2017-04-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c7291cf7b8426a6f2017-04-28Verified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Harrisburg Gastroenterology Ltd. and Harrisburg Endoscopy and Surgery Center
norm: harrisburg gastroenterology ltd and harrisburg endoscopy and surgery center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 17, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 28, 2017
Affected individuals: 13state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notifying 13 New Hampshire residents pursuant in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA")
Offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity protection services
Established a dedicated call center to answer any questions
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian's IdentityWorks
Changes made: Enhancing its existing security measures relating to protection of patient information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 · 4 states

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Montana State AGApr 28 · first

HHS OCRApr 28 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 28 · first · 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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/harrisburg-gastroenterology-20170428.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 28, 2017
Raw hash: 946b1b0db6a9381fe2106ff84bc7985346d18672bf9ee39b57f645efbef60b6c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityHarrisburg Gastroenterology Ltd. and Harrisburg Endoscopy and Surgery Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 17, 2017

Stated responseNotifying 13 New Hampshire residents pursuant in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA")

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov