Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Virginia Gay Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 18, 2019

Filed

Aug 16, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Virginia Gay Hospital →

Virginia Gay Hospital notified Montana residents that an email account was accessed by an unknown third party on June 18, 2019. The incident involved the exposure of names, DOBs, SSNs, and medical information. The hospital engaged forensic experts and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jun 18, 2019

Discovered

Aug 16, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_647148e276d0396e2019-08-16Verified
HHS OCRbd_681c428c6090f6842019-08-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_d22f7c95e04d84752019-08-26 · +10dVerified

Name: Virginia Gay Hospital
norm: virginia gay hospital

Name: Virginia Gay Hospital
norm: virginia gay hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 18, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged computer forensic experts to help us investigate
Offering identity theft protection services through Epiq
Providing 12 months of credit monitoring
Providing $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Increased employee awareness
Tightened security rules on access
Updated firewall and email applications
Changes made: Increased employee awareness
Tightened security rules on access
Updated firewall and email applications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 16 · first

HHS OCRAug 16 · first

Montana State AGAug 16 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Aug 16 (MA), last Aug 26 (NH) — a 10-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-73.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 16, 2019
Raw hash: e2f253e6d721ce5958362754d005c496889970896d115b10b7215002c3119f7b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVirginia Gay Hospital

Victim entityVirginia Gay Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Jun 18, 2019

Stated responseEngaged computer forensic experts to help us investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov