HackingFinancial ServicesFinanceStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 2, 2023

Filed

Jul 19, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company →2 incidents on file

Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company notified individuals of a March 2, 2023 incident where an unknown third party accessed an employee's email account. The access was isolated, lasted approximately one hour, and was terminated immediately. Potential exposure includes PII, PHI, and financial data. Law enforcement was notified; no evidence of data misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Mar 2, 2023

Begins

Mar 2, 2023

Discovered

Jul 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+11 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_203eb49e14f72f1b2023-07-19Verified
HHS OCRbd_e62c49d3fd7e4e1c2023-07-19Verified

Name: Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company
norm: physicians insurance a mutual

Name: Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company
norm: physicians insurance a mutual
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Mar 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2023 – Mar 2, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2023
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately shut down the mailbox and reset passwords
Initiated an investigation
Hired third party cybersecurity experts to assist in investigating the source and scope of the activity
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Hired third party experts to further secure our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 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 AGJul 19 · first

HHS OCRJul 19 · first

Montana State AGJul 19 · 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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-444.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 19, 2023
Raw hash: 7565022f288bd3ce9d51f907a3df99d377bda6ef8f807150a01f5d36469c0cc4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPhysicians Insurance A Mutual Company

Victim entityPhysicians Insurance A Mutual Company

Incidentdiscovered Mar 2, 2023

Stated responseImmediately shut down the mailbox and reset passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov