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PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

St. Joseph Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 9, 2018

Filed

Aug 31, 2018

To disclose

22 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for St. Joseph Medical Center3 incidents on file

St. Joseph's Medical Center, an affiliate of Dignity Health, notified patients in Montana that two unencrypted hard drives containing limited patient demographic and clinical lab data were lost after equipment upgrades on August 9, 2018. No financial or SSN data was involved. No evidence of misuse was found.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 days

Aug 9, 2018

Discovered

Aug 31, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

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.