HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ernest Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2019

Filed

Apr 16, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ernest Health →3 incidents on file

Ernest Health notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to employee email accounts in October 2018, discovered March 2019. One NH resident affected; data included name, DOB, SSN, bank info, driver's license. Notification sent April 2019; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 163 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Oct 1, 2018

Begins

Mar 13, 2019

Discovered

Apr 16, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_ea8fba60dd45dcbd2019-04-15 · +1dCandidate

Name: Ernest Health
norm: ernest health
Domain: ernesthealth.com

Name: Ernest Health
norm: ernest health
Domain: ernesthealth.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2018 – Oct 31, 2018
Undetected for: 163 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 12, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Conducted an investigation into potential unauthorized access to some employee email accounts
Mailed a notification letter to the New Hampshire resident
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services to the New Hampshire resident
Established a dedicated call center to answer any questions
Emphasizing email security through staff education
Reviewing its email security procedures
Changes made: Emphasizing email security through staff education
Reviewing its email security procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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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Montana State AGApr 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ernest-health-20190416.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 16, 2019
Raw hash: ade5305814924f11413b9fdf089d16d0043fee566c30d1c00efd25d01dda20c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityErnest Health

Victim entityErnest Health

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2019

Stated responseConducted an investigation into potential unauthorized access to some employee email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov