AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)LowResolved

Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 2, 2015

Filed

Aug 20, 2015

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network →20 incidents on file

Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network reported a breach of one patient's PHI to the NH Attorney General. An attorney mistakenly received another patient's records. The error was discovered on July 2, 2015, and records were returned. Notification was sent on August 20, 2015. Data included names, MRNs, and therapy notes; no SSN or DOB was exposed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jul 2, 2015

Discovered

Aug 20, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network
norm: northeast rehabilitation hospital network
Domain: northeastrehab.com

Name: Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network
norm: northeast rehabilitation hospital network
Domain: northeastrehab.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 2, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2015
Affected individuals: 1state + nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1535 Unused/Unsupported Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Returned all copies of the record to Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital via FEDEX
Counseled the staff responsible for mistakenly mailing the information
Taking steps to remind all employees about the protection of Personal Health Information
Provided a letter to the patient regarding this incident
Changes made: Taking steps to remind all employees about their responsibilities in protecting patient information
Assessing and modifying privacy and data security policies and procedures to prevent similar situations
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/northeast-rehabilitation-20150820.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2015
Raw hash: 29545aecde31277a941877a5d19c05e27b41d2dc6220f098b18d61600ed0761a

Reporting entityNortheast Rehabilitation Hospital Network

Victim entityNortheast Rehabilitation Hospital Network

Incidentdiscovered Jul 2, 2015

Stated responseReturned all copies of the record to Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital via FEDEX

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov