MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Asante Health System

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 17, 2016

Filed

Dec 9, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Asante Health System →2 incidents on file

Asante Health System notified patients that an employee inappropriately accessed electronic patient records between June 23, 2014, and October 22, 2016. The incident was discovered on October 17, 2016. Affected data included names, DOBs, medical record numbers, medications, diagnoses, and lab results. No SSNs or financial data were involved. The employee was disciplined per policy, and the organization enhanced workforce education and auditing.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 847 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 53 days

Jun 23, 2014

Begins

Oct 17, 2016

Discovered

Dec 9, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Name: Asante Health System
norm: asante health system

Name: Asante Health System
norm: asante health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 17, 2016
Breach occurred: Jun 23, 2014 – Oct 22, 2016
Undetected for: 847 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Began an investigation
Applied employment policies and processes
Conducted a final audit of the employee’s actions
Re-educating workforce members on appropriate access to protected health information
Continued to audit employee access to patient information
Changes made: Re-educating workforce members on appropriate access to protected health information
Continued to audit employee access to patient information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(53 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/Asante-Health-System-2.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2016
Raw hash: 523ff8ff708f4da81f4554b0a31770b593b364a34518a76bf7ac442615aef553

Reporting entityAsante Health System

Victim entityAsante Health System

Incidentdiscovered Oct 17, 2016

Stated responseBegan an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov