Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPHIPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 26, 2022

Filed

May 25, 2022

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center →4 incidents on file

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center notified Montana residents of a data security incident where an unauthorized third party accessed an employee's email account from March 25-26, 2022. The breach exposed protected health information and personal data. The incident was discovered on March 26, 2022, and affected individuals were offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Mar 25, 2022

Begins

Mar 26, 2022

Discovered

May 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_218bb39b12e1d7be2022-05-25Verified

Name: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
norm: fred hutchinson cancer center
Domain: fredhutch.org

Name: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
norm: fred hutchinson cancer center
Domain: fredhutch.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 25, 2022 – Mar 26, 2022
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIPIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account to prevent further access
Began an internal investigation
Retained a leading forensic security firm to further investigate the incident
Notified federal law enforcement of the incident
Offering you a complimentary one year membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Taken steps to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGMay 25 · first

Montana State AGMay 25 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Fred-Hutchinson-Cancer-Center-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 25, 2022
Raw hash: 3812abdd12cfddd1e48cf5a4ddb6ebeb4875aafa92a0875cf7fbeec2f6de874e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Victim entityFred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 26, 2022

Stated responseSecured the account to prevent further access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov