HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Howard Memorial Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 4, 2022

Filed

Feb 2, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Howard Memorial Hospital →3 incidents on file

Howard Memorial Hospital notified NH AG of a data event affecting 2 NH residents. Unauthorized access occurred Nov 14-Dec 4, 2022. Data included PII, SSN, PHI. HMH engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Nov 14, 2022

Begins

Dec 4, 2022

Discovered

Feb 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1c61459d54bd7d762023-01-27 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_27d25d1e51008ed32023-01-27 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_28c19f6e56f119402023-01-27 · +6dVerified
HHS OCRbd_32695660b370b03b2023-01-27 · +6dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_fa243c6a3cd164b32023-01-27 · +6dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Howard Memorial Hospital
norm: howard memorial hospital
Domain: howardmemorial.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 4, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 14, 2022 – Dec 4, 2022
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProviding written notice to relevant state and federal regulators

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of HMH systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Provided notification to media in Arkansas
Provided notification to relevant state and federal regulators
Provided notification to the three major credit reporting agencies
Provided notification to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Implementing additional administrative and technical safeguards to further secure the information on its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJan 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 27 · first

Montana State AGJan 27 · first

HHS OCRJan 27 · first

Maine State AGJan 27 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 27 (VT), last Feb 2 (NH) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/howard-memorial-hospital-20230202.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2023
Raw hash: 35d2fac5478b510b2529eb47612cc2806de2b7aa81ea648381137fd2715b1b6c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityHoward Memorial Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Dec 4, 2022

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov