AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareMisconfigurationDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIPIIMediumContained

Safeway

bd_0c0303edc104eef5 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 18, 2022

Filed

Mar 14, 2023

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1,394state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

71%

mscripts, LLC, a business associate of Safeway, disclosed a misconfiguration in cloud storage access settings that exposed patient data (names, DOB, prescription info) from Sept 2022 to Nov 2022. 1,394 Washington residents were notified in March 2023. No SSN or financial data was involved.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d17 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 · 2240 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Sep 30, 2016

Begins

Nov 18, 2022

Discovered

Mar 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_65839045a2f364852023-03-14Verified
California State AGbd_99c22a97c6b2ad6b2023-03-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_f4fa36f617dfea4c2023-03-14Verified

Name: MSCRIPTS
norm: mscripts

Name: Safeway
norm: safeway
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 18, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 30, 2016 – Nov 18, 2022
Undetected for: 2,240 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 14, 2023
Affected individuals: 1,394state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PII
Data elements: NameMedical information
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 500+dexposure 500+d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

During the incident: Took immediate steps to change the access settings
Began an investigation
A forensic investigation firm was engaged
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Posted notice of the incident on its website
Changes made: Addressed the underlying issue
Continue to look for ways to further enhance the security measures applicable to the services we provide
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGMar 14 · first

California State AGMar 14 · first

Oregon State AGMar 14 · first

Washington State AGMar 14 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA20262.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 14, 2023
Raw hash: 39ce31eff00e8d5124ed9159f7820d9f29d7a5c521358db1fe5e5cc3acc99266

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMSCRIPTS

Victim entitySafeway

Incidentdiscovered Nov 18, 2022

Stated responseTook immediate steps to change the access settings

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com