HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumActive

MaineGeneral Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 13, 2015

Filed

Jan 19, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

160state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for MaineGeneral Medical Center →

MaineGeneral Medical Center notified individuals of a cyber attack where data was found on an external website. Unauthorized access occurred Sept 11-12, 2015. Data included PHI, SSNs, and PII. FBI notified the center on Nov 13, 2015. Forensic investigators were hired. Affected individuals offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 63 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Sep 11, 2015

Begins

Nov 13, 2015

Discovered

Jan 19, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 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

Washington State AGbd_2a3f4346c9825ebb2016-01-15 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d973bcb3e9112a6c2016-01-15 · +4dCandidate

Name: MaineGeneral Medical Center
norm: mainegeneral medical center

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: 160state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this matter to Maine law enforcementprovided notice of this incident to certain state and federal regulatorscooperate with the FBI

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation by our IT team
Hired a highly respected cyber security forensics firm to supplement the investigation
Continue to cooperate with the FBI
Issued press releases regarding this incident
Posted notice of the incident on our web page
Reported this matter to Maine law enforcement
Provided notice of this incident to certain state and federal regulators
Working with the forensic experts to take remediation actions
Established a dedicated call center
Offering you one year of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert product
Changes made: Working with the forensic experts to take remediation actions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 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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Washington State AGJan 15 · first

Montana State AGJan 15 · first

South Carolina State AG+4d · this page

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2016/MaineGeneralMedicalCenter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 19, 2016
Raw hash: 70f2a321bfec5ebb64aec4dd4f53bf17d70616520d80766f78b6fd45e6722280

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMaineGeneral Medical Center

Victim entityMaineGeneral Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Nov 13, 2015

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation by our IT team

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov