HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 24, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Columbus Regional Healthcare System notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized network access occurring May 19-21, 2023. The incident affected approximately 2 NH residents, exposing personal information including SSNs and medical data. Notifications were sent on Jan 19, 2024, offering credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

May 19, 2023

Begins

Jan 24, 2024

Filed

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 228 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_24d9b354b418af932024-01-19 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4e70fe80e35089302024-01-19 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_8852302e7d95aeed2024-01-19 · +5dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.
norm: columbus regional healthcare system
Domain: crhealthcare.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: May 19, 2023 – May 21, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 19, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Providing affected residents with written notification
Offering each of the affected residents whose Social Security numbers were affected a complimentary one-year membership with a credit monitoring service
Advising the affected residents about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit files
Providing contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Providing steps to take to safeguard themselves against medical identity theft
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJan 19 · first

Maine State AGJan 19 · first

HHS OCRJan 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/columbus-regional-healthcare-system-20240124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2024
Raw hash: fcbf05c5c4be460bcf360071e3aadf81c4b30913c31c055e1a5be897a72294cb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityColumbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov