HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Watson Clinic

bd_12afd948062e2141 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 6, 2024

Filed

Aug 26, 2024

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Watson Clinic →2 incidents on file

Watson Clinic notified New Hampshire AG of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party gained access to portions of its network starting January 26, 2024, discovered on February 6, 2024. The incident potentially exposed personal information and protected health information (including diagnoses and medical record numbers) of patients. Watson Clinic engaged third-party experts and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 202 days

Jan 26, 2024

Begins

Feb 6, 2024

Discovered

Aug 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_434f3a827435be102024-08-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_6f0e8b53758833652024-08-26Candidate

Name: Watson Clinic
norm: watson clinic

Name: Watson Clinic
norm: watson clinic
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 26, 2024
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts through outside counsel
Engaged a data-review firm to analyze their contents
Offering a complimentary membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Started remediation efforts, including identifying the potentially affected files
Further secure our systems and the information we maintain as we move forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(202 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 26 · first

Montana State AGAug 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/watson-clinic-20240826.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2024
Raw hash: 12f445a7f669d34b68f88a44191de58b25aadcfc81c261cc517a9d8ae61362e7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWatson Clinic

Victim entityWatson Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts through outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov