HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHighContained

Cottage Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 8, 2025

Filed

Feb 6, 2026

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,15683 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Cottage Hospital →

Cottage Hospital (NH) reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring Oct 14-21, 2025, discovered Dec 8, 2025. 2,156 individuals affected, including 83 Maine residents. Compromised data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, bank account info, and potentially PHI. Notification sent Feb 6, 2026, with 1-year Experian credit monitoring offered.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 8, 2025 → Filed with AG Feb 6, 202660d ⏱ ME AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 55 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Oct 14, 2025

Begins

Dec 8, 2025

Discovered

Feb 6, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_40d51211104b0b452026-02-06Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eec24653cc8331db2026-02-07 · +1dVerified

Name: Cottage Hospital
norm: cottage hospital

Name: Cottage Hospital
norm: cottage hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025
Undetected for: 55 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2026
Affected individuals: 2,156state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation with assistance from third-party experts
Established a toll-free call center to answer any questions
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services through Experian
Changes made: Implement and evaluate enhanced safeguards and security measures to further protect systems
Provide security training to employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 60d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 8, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Feb 6, 2026
60d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 8, 2025 → Filed with AG: Feb 6, 2026	60d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Nebraska State AGFeb 6 · first

Maine State AGFeb 6 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/4518d7f5-10a5-49b7-9670-84ca6ea9a582.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2026
Raw hash: a8e1c8005ff3b77deba2d35f10b2682743acac9d69527a17d0d089ee9a55c82b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCottage Hospital

Victim entityCottage Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with assistance from third-party experts

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov