Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)CredentialsLowContained

METHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 1, 2019

Filed

Oct 4, 2019

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for METHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS →

The Methodist Hospitals, Inc. notified individuals of a phishing incident in June 2019 where unauthorized actors accessed two employee email accounts. The breach exposed names and other personal data. The company engaged forensic investigators, implemented safeguards, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Mar 13, 2019

Begins

Jun 1, 2019

Discovered

Oct 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: METHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS
norm: methodist hospitals of dallas

Name: METHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS
norm: methodist hospitals of dallas
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2019
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2019 – Jul 8, 2019
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Credentials
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reporting this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced an investigation, working with third-party forensic investigators
Reviewing existing policies and procedures and implementing additional safeguards
Reporting this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection service for 24 months at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures and implementing additional safeguards to further protect information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 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/General-Notice-8.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 4, 2019
Raw hash: c1c8a9d06b95fb2f7718f2fcbf52c425f669dba3b675e4e307365dcd9c2d748d

Reporting entityMETHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS

Victim entityMETHODIST HOSPITALS OF DALLAS

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2019

Stated responseCommenced an investigation, working with third-party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov