PENNSYLVANIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Premier Medical Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 8, 2017

Filed

Sep 15, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

876

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Premier Medical Group →3 incidents on file

Premier Medical Associates reported to HHS on 2017-09-15 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 876 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A website misconfiguration by a webmaster on July 24, 2017, permitted public access to patient submissions, leading to suspicious phishing emails. The misconfiguration was corrected on August 9, 2017.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Aug 8, 2017 → Notified Sep 15, 201738d ✓ HHS report on time5 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

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Jul 24, 2017

Begins

Aug 8, 2017

Discovered

Sep 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed876 affectedView incident

Name: Premier Medical Group
norm: premier medical
Domain: premiermedicalhv.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Premier Medical Group
norm: premier medical
Domain: premiermedicalhv.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Aug 8, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 24, 2017 – Aug 8, 2017
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2017
Affected individuals: 876nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR reviewed a copy of the CE’s current risk assessment, its breach notification to the affected individuals, as well as copies of relevant policies and procedures

During the incident: Corrected the website misconfiguration
Terminated contracted services with the webmaster
Added an email fraud alert to every page of its website
Placed a fraud alert on its phone system
Sent messages to 24,000 patients through the patient portal informing patients of the fraudulent email
Eliminated the capability of website viewers to make any type of online submissions through the patient portal
Contacted Google and Bing to have the submissions removed from the internet
Developed several new policies regarding their website administration, security, and privacy
Changes made: Developed several new policies regarding their website administration, security, and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on time · 38dHHS notified
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 8, 2017
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2017
38d 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 8, 2017
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 8, 2017 → Notified: Sep 15, 2017	38d	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 8, 2017 → Notified: Sep 15, 2017	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2017
Raw hash: 9349ebd28407ad09a92bd3eb193bfb2577c485cbe937a410e3765ea958fe4b24

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Reporting entityPremier Medical Group

Victim entityPremier Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 8, 2017

Stated responseCorrected the website misconfiguration

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing