MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

The Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 24, 2018

Filed

Aug 23, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

244state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management →

The Wellness Institute of Montana experienced a ransomware event on June 24, 2018, which encrypted files on a server. The institute restored systems from backups. While no evidence of specific data misuse was found, there was a possibility of unauthorized access to names and Social Security numbers. The institute notified law enforcement, reset passwords, strengthened security monitoring, restricted remote access, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 24, 2018

Discovered

Aug 23, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed244 affectedView incident

Name: The Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management
norm: the wellness institute of montana and jennings management

Name: The Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management
norm: the wellness institute of montana and jennings management
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 24, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 23, 2018
Affected individuals: 244state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notifying law enforcement

During the incident: IT service provider immediately commenced an investigation
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services
Resetting all passwords across the organization
Strengthening our IT security monitoring systems
Restricting remote access to our systems
Notifying law enforcement
Changes made: Resetting all passwords across the organization
Strengthening our IT security monitoring systems
Restricting remote access to our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Wellness-Institute.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2018
Raw hash: 607ee1ee31d6d23ae664e3b4cd4c3f45dd89d0db8eb73ab51a2b65d13ae04a1c

Reporting entityThe Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management

Victim entityThe Wellness Institute of Montana and Jennings Management

Incidentdiscovered Jun 24, 2018

Stated responseIT service provider immediately commenced an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov