HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedMulti-Stage ChainPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumActive

MaineGeneral Medical Center

bd_2a3f4346c9825ebb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2015

Filed

Jan 15, 2016

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

77state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MaineGeneral Medical Center →

MaineGeneral Medical Center notified the Washington AG of a cyber-attack occurring Sept 11-12, 2015. The FBI detected PHI/PII on an external site on Nov 13, 2015. 77 WA residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, medical info. Response included forensic investigation, FBI cooperation, and 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 63 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 63 days

Sep 11, 2015

Begins

Nov 13, 2015

Discovered

Jan 15, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_d973bcb3e9112a6c2016-01-15Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_2f67c976825e60152016-01-19 · +4dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: MaineGeneral Medical Center
norm: mainegeneral medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 13, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 11, 2015 – Sep 12, 2015
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2016
Affected individuals: 77state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)Providing notice of this incident to other regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation by its IT team
Hired a highly respected cyber security forensics firm to supplement its investigation
Continues to cooperate with the FBI
Offering those individuals impacted by this incident with access to one free year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Providing these individuals with helpful information on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Taken steps to prevent additional unauthorized access to its computer network
Continues to monitor its systems for suspicious activity
Conspicuously posting notice of this incident on its website
Providing notice of this incident to other regulators, state-wide media, and consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Taken steps to prevent additional unauthorized access to its computer network
Continues to monitor its systems for suspicious activity
Working with the forensic experts to take remediation actions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(63 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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Montana State AGJan 15 · first

Washington State AGJan 15 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+4d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9606.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2016
Raw hash: ad730d63f76a089030e74b76db34e9dcfd272fca2422ad657e4994c302e8f9b2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityMaineGeneral Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2015

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation by its IT team

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com