MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedRansom PaidData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)CriticalContained

Columbia Surgical Specialists

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Severity

Critical

Financial impact

$15K

Discovered

Jan 9, 2019

Filed

Mar 7, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

131,260state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Columbia Surgical Specialists →

Columbia Surgical Specialists, P.S. reported a ransomware attack on January 9, 2019, in Washington. The attack encrypted patient files. The organization paid a ransom of $14,649.09 to restore access. Forensic investigators (Intrinium) found no evidence of data exfiltration but could not guarantee it. Notification was sent on March 7, 2019, to approximately 131,260 patients.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jan 9, 2019

Begins

Jan 9, 2019

Discovered

Mar 7, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed131,260 affectedView incident

Name: Columbia Surgical Specialists
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Name: Columbia Surgical Specialists
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Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 9, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 7, 2019
Affected individuals: 131,260state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported to HHS Office for Civil RightsReported to Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged Intrinium as IT security provider
Reported to HHS Office for Civil Rights
Notified local news media
Notified Washington State Office of the Attorney General
Worked with federal and state officials
Worked with attorneys and law enforcement
Changes made: Reviewed internal protocols and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10617.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 7, 2019
Raw hash: 16349efcc19ebf4a3aca73dee6d1a411fed8c0fa24ed5be78ea81591a8677148

Reporting entityColumbia Surgical Specialists

Victim entityColumbia Surgical Specialists

Incidentdiscovered Jan 9, 2019

Stated responseEngaged Intrinium as IT security provider

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com