DisclosureLens
AccidentalTechnologyHealthcareInformationMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

bd_4578d2cfe6b20643 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 16, 2024

Filed

Nov 15, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

athenahealth, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where Eligibility Transaction Files (containing names, addresses, DOB, gender, and clinical/payment info) were inadvertently uploaded to a publicly accessible internet repository due to a manual configuration error. The incident was discovered on September 16, 2024, after an insurance provider alerted athenahealth. No SSN or financial account numbers were involved. athenahealth removed the files, investigated, and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 3, 2024

Begins

Sep 16, 2024

Discovered

Nov 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filingsup to 14d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGNov 1 · first
Montana State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 1 (IL), last Nov 16 (MA) — a 15-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.