HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Buffalo MRI

bd_57f603d9e7baa2f6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 24, 2021

Filed

Oct 7, 2022

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Buffalo MRI →

Buffalo MRI by Windsong Radiology notified Montana patients of a security incident where unauthorized access occurred between Dec 17-24, 2021. Patient PII and PHI were accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators and notified law enforcement. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 287 days

Dec 17, 2021

Begins

Dec 24, 2021

Discovered

Oct 7, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Buffalo MRI
norm: buffalo mri

Name: Buffalo MRI
norm: buffalo mri
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 17, 2021 – Dec 24, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 2, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Initiated our incident response process
Notified law enforcement
Began an investigation with the assistance of a forensic firm
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and enhancements to our information security, systems, and monitoring capabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(287 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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-612.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 7, 2022
Raw hash: 3a7c3acff796a26233543f4db194d54e0528245e35950d5487f8b77f7d212787

Reporting entityBuffalo MRI

Victim entityBuffalo MRI

Incidentdiscovered Dec 24, 2021

Stated responseInitiated our incident response process

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov