AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)FinancialMediumContained

Bon Secours Health System, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 14, 2016

Filed

Aug 12, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bon Secours Health System, Inc. →

Bon Secours Health System, Inc. disclosed that its vendor, R-C Healthcare Management, inadvertently left patient files accessible via the internet from April 18 to April 21, 2016, due to network configuration errors. Bon Secours discovered the issue on June 14, 2016. Affected data may include names, health insurer names, health insurance ID numbers, social security numbers, and limited clinical information. Medical records were not exposed. The organization offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 57 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Apr 18, 2016

Begins

Jun 14, 2016

Discovered

Aug 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_3c2c6f226fef054a2016-08-12Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8b189703b25d84a62016-08-12Verified
Montana State AGbd_a8da2e848180ac302016-08-12Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_183a853e5a6e2fec2016-08-15 · +3dVerified

Name: Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
norm: bon secours health system

Name: Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
norm: bon secours health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 14, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2016 – Apr 21, 2016
Undetected for: 57 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Third party: via R-C Healthcare Management

During the incident: Notified R-C Healthcare Management of this issue so that information could no longer be accessed via the internet
Immediately began an internal investigation into this matter
Offering a free one year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert
Offering a free one year membership to Experian’s FamilySecure for parents/guardians of minors
Changes made: Reinforcing standards with our vendors to ensure our patients’ information is securely maintained
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRAug 12 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 12 · first

Montana State AGAug 12 · first

California State AGAug 12 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+3d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-63348
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 12, 2016
Raw hash: 980fc60fc269a191c99810d7be81e98bf782481d6308be6ad9f6cb560faea1a7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBon Secours Health System, Inc.

Victim entityBon Secours Health System, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 14, 2016

Stated responseNotified R-C Healthcare Management of this issue so that information could no longer be accessed via the internet

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov