MalwareIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Rainbow Children's Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 3, 2016

Filed

Oct 12, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Rainbow Children's Clinic →

Rainbow Children's Clinic, a pediatric clinic in Texas, disclosed a ransomware attack on August 3, 2016. A hacker accessed the system, encrypted data, and irretrievably deleted some patient records. Impacted data included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and medical/payment info for patients and guarantors. The clinic shut down systems, hired forensic experts, and provided 12 months of Equifax credit monitoring. Notification letters were sent in September 2016.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Aug 3, 2016

Begins

Aug 3, 2016

Discovered

Oct 12, 2016

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_b782f2248475425b2016-10-03 · +9dCandidate

Name: Rainbow Children's Clinic
norm: rainbow children s clinic

Name: Rainbow Children's Clinic
norm: rainbow children s clinic

Discovered: Aug 3, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 3, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 29, 2016
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Computer system was shut down immediately
Retained an independent computer forensic expert
Made arrangements with Equifax Person Solutions to help protect personal information
Provided activation codes for Equifax Credit Watch and Child Identity Monitoring
Changes made: Improving network security
Updating system backups
Retraining employees regarding suspicious emails and patient privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCROct 3 · first

South Carolina State AG+9d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (TX), last Oct 12 (SC) — a 9-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/RainbowChildren'sClinic.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 12, 2016
Raw hash: 2a1b9b569e22f8e75bf280bfcffae08b6ad8e90775b343b54fb145d92291a458

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRainbow Children's Clinic

Victim entityRainbow Children's Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Aug 3, 2016

Stated responseComputer system was shut down immediately

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov