AccidentalHealthcareEducationHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)PIILowContained

East Carolina University

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 21, 2023

Filed

Feb 20, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for East Carolina University →

East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine notified individuals that between July 2022 and January 2024, files containing PHI and PII were inadvertently accessible to unauthorized users. Discovered Dec 21, 2023. No cyberattack involved. No SSN/credit card data. Notification sent Feb 20, 2024.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 538 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Jul 1, 2022

Begins

Dec 21, 2023

Discovered

Feb 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: East Carolina University
norm: east carolina university

Name: East Carolina University
norm: east carolina university
Industry: HealthcarellmEducationllm

Discovered: Dec 21, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2022 – Jan 31, 2024
Undetected for: 538 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)PII
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection

During the incident: Restricted access to the files
Reviewed the files for personal information
Established a dedicated call center to address questions
Reviewing employee training and technical security measures
Changes made: Reviewing employee training
Reviewing technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1117.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2024
Raw hash: bfb319a8cb8cc7d793c66508ad391987fefbe1b1fad80018acbad34b8d997ec6

Reporting entityEast Carolina University

Victim entityEast Carolina University

Incidentdiscovered Dec 21, 2023

Stated responseRestricted access to the files

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov