Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected · nationwide

51 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation →13 incidents on file

Freeport Regional Healthcare Foundation notified NH AG of an email compromise incident affecting 5 individuals (1 NH resident). Unauthorized access occurred Feb 12-13, 2020. Data exposed included names, SSNs, DOBs, PHI. FHN engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 127 days

Feb 12, 2020

Begins

Apr 30, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7ca717d9c8c84ab32020-09-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_3668ce32799062ef2020-10-07 · +33dVerified
HHS OCRbd_66860f5c18156e522020-07-31 · +35dVerified
Montana State AGbd_88052b8169b1086b2020-07-31 · +35dVerified

Name: Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation
norm: freeport regional health care

Name: Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation
norm: freeport regional health care
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2020 – Feb 13, 2020
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the accounts
Engaged a leading computer forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Reviewed all of the emails and attachments contained in the email accounts to identify patient information
Offering eligible individuals a complimentary one-year membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Changes made: Reinforced education with staff regarding how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Making additional security enhancements to its email environment, including enabling multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(127 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRJul 31 · first

Montana State AGJul 31 · first

Massachusetts State AG+35d

New Hampshire State AG+35d · this page

Montana State AG+68d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (IL), last Oct 7 (MT) — a 68-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/freeport-regional-healthcare-foundation-20200904.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: faacb048cf5a80c43857096d5222bd6f758e350fdb405c67ee7489ec9bdb2dd8

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFreeport Regional Health Care Foundation

Victim entityFreeport Regional Health Care Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov