Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

New York Oncology Hematology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2018

Filed

Nov 19, 2018

To disclose

28 weeks

Affected

45state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for New York Oncology Hematology →

New York Oncology Hematology, P.C. notified the NH AG of a phishing attack in April 2018 compromising employee email accounts. The incident exposed PHI, SSNs, and driver's licenses for patients and employees, including 45 NH residents. NYOH engaged forensic investigators and law enforcement, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 28 weeks / 193 days

Apr 20, 2018

Begins

May 10, 2018

Discovered

Nov 19, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1a1dd31a24ea238e2018-11-20 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_2fc3f8cd57fa92ca2018-11-16 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_30ba3df41d47a3382018-11-16 · +3dVerified

Name: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
norm: drinker biddle reath

Name: New York Oncology Hematology
norm: new york oncology hematology
Domain: newyorkoncology.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 10, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 20, 2018 – Apr 27, 2018
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 16, 2018
Affected individuals: 45state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: IT vendor took steps to reset passwords, shutting down access to these accounts
Initiated incident response protocol to determine the scope and severity of the phishing attacks
Engaged a forensic firm to review of the content of the accounts
Requested help from and is cooperating with federal law enforcement to investigate the phishing attacks
Changes made: Enhanced the security of its email systems
Active monitoring of the affected systems
Regular password resets
Mandating the use of encrypted email
Implementing additional employee security training and email protocols
Reviewing and updating its policies and procedures
Offering 12 months of free identity theft and credit monitoring services through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 weeks(193 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRNov 16 · first

Montana State AGNov 16 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Massachusetts 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/new-york-oncology-hematology-20181119.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2018
Raw hash: b08d07f9f0ab3081c5030acec33d906d61963251505e36f6d2914eb52ec74631

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Victim entityNew York Oncology Hematology

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2018

Stated responseIT vendor took steps to reset passwords, shutting down access to these accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov