MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Airway Oxygen, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 18, 2017

Filed

Jun 2, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Airway Oxygen, Inc. →

Airway Oxygen, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on April 18, 2017, where criminals encrypted data to deny access. Protected health information (PHI) for 19 New Hampshire residents was potentially exposed, including names, addresses, birth dates, diagnoses, and insurance policy numbers. One notice template included Social Security Numbers. The company secured systems, changed passwords, and engaged a cyber-security firm and the FBI. No indication that data was exfiltrated.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Apr 18, 2017

Discovered

Jun 2, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_ffaed1b2280f27b82017-05-30 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_17de9b603eb33b942017-06-06 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_386bb6623dfb67752017-06-06 · +4dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_cd17130fccdccf362017-06-16 · +14dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_e743f63b3ec415602017-06-16 · +14dVerified

Name: Airway Oxygen, Inc.
norm: airway oxygen

Name: Airway Oxygen, Inc.
norm: airway oxygen
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 18, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2017
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the FBI

During the incident: Scanning the entire internal system
Changing passwords for users, vendor accounts and applications
Conducting a firewall review
Updating and deploying security tools
Installing software to monitor and issue alerts as to suspicious firewall log activity
Reported the incident to the FBI and will cooperate with their efforts
Hired a cyber-security firm to assist in conducting an investigation to assess the cause and impact of the breach
Changes made: Identifying further actions to reduce the risk of this situation recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 30 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

Washington State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

HHS OCR+17d

Oregon State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing May 30 (NH), last Jun 16 (OR) — a 17-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/airway-oxygen-20170602.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 2, 2017
Raw hash: 3578d72e51ab7199743f05803209cbdfd46ba2cd2b88cfa27028269a2abca9f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAirway Oxygen, Inc.

Victim entityAirway Oxygen, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 18, 2017

Stated responseScanning the entire internal system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov