HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

McAlester Regional Health Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 8, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for McAlester Regional Health Center →

McAlester Regional Health Center notified consumers of a data security incident detected on May 8, 2023. Unauthorized access to systems may have exposed names, addresses, SSNs, driver's license numbers, and dates of birth. The organization engaged forensic experts, disconnected systems, and implemented remediation including firewall and password policy changes. Credit monitoring services were offered to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday27 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

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 191 days

May 8, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by karakurt about this victim predates this filing by 110 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitekarakurtbd_72ed3abe8b59b82d2023-07-28 · +110dVerified

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_00762f4dda0869482023-11-15Verified by operator
Montana State AGbd_bd461962ac34b82e2023-11-15Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_f831e61cf6da1edf2023-11-15Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_53dcc179f39114342023-11-21 · +6dVerified by operator

Show 1 more filing ↓up to 86d gap

HHS OCRbd_6e23414cd27637502023-08-21 · +86dCandidate

Name: McAlester Regional Health Center
norm: mcalester regional health center
Domain: mcalesterregional.com

Name: McAlester Regional Health Center
norm: mcalester regional health center
Domain: mcalesterregional.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 8, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Implemented its incident response protocols
Disconnected all systems
Engaged external cybersecurity experts to conduct a forensic investigation
Engaged a vendor to review the impacted data
Changes made: Tightening firewall restrictions
Rewriting, and strengthening their password policy
Initiating password changes across the organization for every account
Increasing restrictions on the sharing of files
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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HHS OCRAug 21 · first

Maine State AG+86d

Montana State AG+86d

Massachusetts State AG+86d

Vermont State AG+86d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+92d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (OK), last Nov 21 (NH) — a 92-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-15-mcalester-regional-health-center-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2023
Raw hash: 308123b578155c13066a2f3563636aab6823b6885d89d802027bc5647f86318d

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcAlester Regional Health Center

Victim entityMcAlester Regional Health Center

Incidentdiscovered May 8, 2023

Stated responseImplemented its incident response protocols

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov