HackingHealthcareHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Liberty Hospital

bd_18448cffda3b9c30 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 19, 2023

Filed

Oct 16, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Liberty Hospital →2 incidents on file

Liberty Hospital notified Vermont AG of a data breach involving unauthorized network access between Dec 18-19, 2023. Investigation with forensic specialists confirmed viewing/copying of patient information including names and demographics. Notification sent Oct 16, 2024. Systems shut down; law enforcement notified.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday43 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 302 days

Dec 18, 2023

Begins

Dec 19, 2023

Discovered

Oct 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+31 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Liberty Hospital
norm: liberty hospital

Name: Liberty Hospital
norm: liberty hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 19, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2023 – Dec 19, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Proactively shut down our computer systems
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Undertook a comprehensive review of the data at risk
Reported the incident to law enforcement
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to ensure security of our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(302 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-10-16-liberty-hospital-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2024
Raw hash: e4215505cfd5a16480bef0e8255c1d4ac318c8c2811faae9f90936a82a83922b

Reporting entityLiberty Hospital

Victim entityLiberty Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Dec 19, 2023

Stated responseProactively shut down our computer systems

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov