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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Putnam County Memorial Hospital

bd_61d7edd5f72d4bbc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 18, 2021

Filed

Oct 27, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Putnam County Memorial Hospital →2 incidents on file

Putnam County Memorial Hospital notified patients and employees of a ransomware attack discovered on July 18, 2021. Unauthorized access occurred between July 16-18, 2021, resulting in encrypted systems and exposure of PHI and PII (names, SSNs). The hospital engaged Kroll for identity monitoring and implemented additional security measures.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days
discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Jul 16, 2021

Begins

Jul 18, 2021

Discovered

Oct 27, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGOct 27 · first · this page
HHS OCR+7d
Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Oct 27 (MT), last Nov 4 (MA) — 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.