CALIFORNIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Community Memorial Health System

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 22, 2017

Filed

Sep 5, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

959

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for Community Memorial Health System →6 incidents on file

On June 22, 2017, Community Memorial Health System (CA) experienced a phishing incident in which several hundred staff members received phishing emails. One employee working remotely followed the link, compromising her account credentials. The breach affected 959 individuals. Breached information was located in Email systems. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, disabled remote/mobile access, required credential resets, enforced two-factor authentication, and deployed centralized server log monitoring. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Jun 22, 2017

Begins

Jun 22, 2017

Discovered

Sep 5, 2017

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

California State AGbd_5f791db51475fcd12017-09-05Verified by operator

Name: Community Memorial Health System
norm: community memorial health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Community Memorial Health System
norm: community memorial health system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 959nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Disabled external and mobile device access
Required all users to reset account credentials
Required two-factor verification for access
Sanctioned the responsible workforce member
Improved technical safeguards
Deployed centralized monitoring software for server logging data
Changes made: Two-factor authentication enforced
Centralized server log monitoring deployed
Account credential reset required organization-wide
External and mobile device access disabled during investigation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 22, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 22, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGSep 5 · first

HHS OCRSep 5 · 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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Sep 5, 2017
Raw hash: cb475be2dcf829701d4c5b27eea1c770aaef9ffdf3992cb56d34fae75fc48928

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCommunity Memorial Health System

Victim entityCommunity Memorial Health System

Incidentdiscovered Jun 22, 2017

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing