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HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 28, 2023

Filed

Jan 19, 2024

To disclose

22 days

Affected · nationwide

132,8871 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Columbus Regional Healthcare System, a healthcare organization, experienced an external system breach (hacking) that occurred from May 19, 2023, to May 21, 2023. The breach was discovered on December 28, 2023. The incident affected 132,887 individuals in total, including one resident of Maine. The compromised information included names and Social Security Numbers. In response, the entity offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian to those whose Social Security numbers were affected.

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d22 days discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 223 days
discovery → filing · 22 days

May 19, 2023

Begins

Dec 28, 2023

Discovered

Jan 19, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by daixin about this victim predates this filing by 223 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Vermont State AGJan 19 · first
HHS OCRJan 19 · first
Maine State AGJan 19 · first · this page
New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Jan 19 (VT), last Jan 24 (NH) — a 5-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.