MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumActive

University Hospital

bd_0af23879220bd942 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

Oct 8, 2021

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University Hospital →3 incidents on file

University Hospital notified Montana residents that a former employee with authorized access misused patient information between Jan 1, 2016 and Dec 31, 2017. Data included names, DOBs, SSNs, insurance info, and clinical records. A criminal investigation is ongoing. The hospital offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2062 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Jan 1, 2016

Begins

Aug 24, 2021

Discovered

Oct 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_a5cf29a0301bcdcb2021-10-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4cd2c8e1a8e6489f2021-11-03 · +26dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_9f18f865dfda08c62021-11-03 · +26dVerified
Maine State AGbd_af958d2b447a902b2021-11-03 · +26dVerified

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HHS OCRbd_bcd7cd6504f4a8e62021-11-05 · +28dVerified

Name: University Hospital
norm: university hospital
Domain: uhnj.org

Name: University Hospital
norm: university hospital
Domain: uhnj.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2017
Undetected for: 2,062 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Criminal investigation is ongoing
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Offering complimentary one-year membership to Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Reviewing internal policies, procedures and staff training pertaining to the privacy of patient information
Criminal investigation is ongoing
Changes made: Reviewing internal policies, procedures and staff training pertaining to the privacy of patient information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCROct 8 · first

Montana State AGOct 8 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Massachusetts State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d

HHS OCR+28d

Pattern: first filing Oct 8 (NJ), last Nov 5 (NJ) — a 28-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-51.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 8, 2021
Raw hash: f65e2ab36fc20762ffd4bd2d65fe718c159b9d9bce9070b571cce851abefa9fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity Hospital

Victim entityUniversity Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2021

Stated responseOffering complimentary one-year membership to Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov