HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsTargetedData ExfiltratedAuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

American College of Emergency Physicians

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 7, 2020

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

31 weeks

Affected

4,148state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) notified Washington AG of a cyberattack affecting 4,148 residents. Unauthorized access to a server storing SQL database credentials occurred between April 8 and September 21, 2020. ACEP discovered the incident on September 7, 2020. Data at risk included names, SSNs, financial accounts, and hashed passwords. ACEP rebuilt the server, changed passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d31 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 152 days

discovery → filing · 31 weeks / 214 days

Apr 8, 2020

Begins

Sep 7, 2020

Discovered

Apr 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1bb2a01b4668a1372021-04-09Verified by operator
California State AGbd_5f96d4f3a86108802021-04-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_efb6dea5be6ec97b2021-04-09Verified
Oregon State AGbd_ffe93d10949599602021-04-09Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e272ba1b8b5522522021-04-16 · +7dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: American College of Emergency Physicians
norm: american college of emergency physicians
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 8, 2020 – Sep 21, 2020
Undetected for: 152 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 4,148state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberFinancial account numberDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine the full scope of the activity
Notified the Related Organizations
Provided access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notifying the credit reporting agencies and other state regulators as required
Changes made: Commenced a large-scale review of its SQL database servers
Rebuilt the impacted server
Changed passwords
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 31 weeks(214 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGApr 9 · first

California State AGApr 9 · first

Maine State AGApr 9 · first

Oregon State AGApr 9 · first

Washington State AGApr 9 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Apr 9 (MT), last Apr 16 (NH) — a 7-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10444.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2021
Raw hash: 30797a86c121464f94a464174f0c91b965dacc65ce41512d07721734aa1d911d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAmerican College of Emergency Physicians

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2020

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine the full scope of the activity

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com