HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Rural Health Services

bd_5ff5c610d2fb644d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 22, 2025

Filed

Jun 20, 2025

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

32,948state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Rural Health Services →

Rural Health Services notified South Carolina residents of unauthorized network access between Jan 15 and Feb 13, 2025. The actor may have accessed files containing personal information (names). The incident was discovered on April 22, 2025, after forensic review. RHS contained the network, alerted law enforcement, and offers credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 97 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jan 15, 2025

Begins

Apr 22, 2025

Discovered

Jun 20, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by medusa about this victim predates this filing by 134 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitemedusabd_c6d94e5d770eb5072025-02-05 · +135dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_1768dfdc2e00bb992025-06-12 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_811b7e7224cee0c72025-06-12 · +8dVerified by operator

Name: Rural Health Services
norm: rural health
Domain: ruralhs.org

Name: Rural Health Services
norm: rural health
Domain: ruralhs.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 22, 2025
Breach occurred: Jan 15, 2025 – Feb 13, 2025
Undetected for: 97 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 32,948state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: alerted law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Contained and secured the network
Eradicated the threat
Alerted law enforcement
Working very closely with third-party cybersecurity professionals
Offering a complimentary month membership of credit monitoring through Privacy Solutions Monitoring Services
Changes made: Reviewed and revised our information security practices
Implemented additional security measures to mitigate the chance of a similar event in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90dSC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRJun 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 12 · first

South Carolina State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 12 (SC), last Jun 20 (SC) — a 8-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/consumer%20notice%20RHS.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 20, 2025
Raw hash: 5f7827c867d6263e8acb82584857a71b496615434df4ce823b49e7dd1dc6531b

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRural Health Services

Victim entityRural Health Services

Incidentdiscovered Apr 22, 2025

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov