DisclosureLens
AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Fairchild Medical Center

bd_37a9d07d616bba00 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Fairchild Medical Center3 incidents on file

Fairchild Medical Center notified individuals of a server misconfiguration existing from Dec 16, 2015, to July 31, 2020. The issue was discovered in late July 2020 via a third-party security company. The misconfiguration allowed potential unauthorized access to medical images, names, dates of birth, and patient IDs. No SSNs or financial data were affected. The organization engaged forensic specialists and secured the server.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1689 days
discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 117 days

Dec 16, 2015

Begins

Jul 31, 2020

Discovered

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGNov 25 · first
California State AGNov 25 · first · 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.