MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

PEACEHEALTH

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 9, 2015

Filed

Dec 14, 2015

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

812state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for PEACEHEALTH →3 incidents on file

PeaceHealth submitted a supplemental notice to the Washington Attorney General regarding a data breach involving a former employee who accessed patient information via third-party insurance portals from June 15 to October 12, 2015. The incident, first discovered on October 9, 2015, exposed names, DOBs, addresses, insurance info, and some SSNs. 812 Washington residents were notified on December 14, 2015.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 116 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Jun 15, 2015

Begins

Oct 9, 2015

Discovered

Dec 14, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_99fcb4bd32fa41762015-11-30 · +14dVerified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: PEACEHEALTH
norm: peacehealth
Domain: peacehealth.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 9, 2015
Breach occurred: Jun 15, 2015 – Oct 12, 2015
Undetected for: 116 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2015
Affected individuals: 812state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General of Washington
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Reported the unauthorized access to law enforcement
Began an investigation
Engaged the website and portal companies in its investigation
Established a dedicated call center to assist patients
Received assurances from the website and portal companies that the former employee no longer has access to their systems
Obtained and reviewed the former employee’s personal computer and other electronic information devices
Changes made: Enhancing the processes that will ensure removal of access to third-party companies when an employee leaves PeaceHealth
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRNov 30 · first

Washington State AG+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Nov 30 (WA), last Dec 14 (WA) — a 14-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9600.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2015
Raw hash: 0779366586d9c6a285b502762f0d5f78ab94ea021c601eb345259cb47a8f184c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityPEACEHEALTH

Incidentdiscovered Oct 9, 2015

Stated responseReported the unauthorized access to law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com