MONTANAHackingHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareVulnerability ExploitN-DayPatch Available Not AppliedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountHighResolved

Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 7, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

1,062,509

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services →

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services reported to HHS on 2014-07-07 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,062,509 individuals. Breached information located on a Network Server. The incident involved an undetected and unpatched application code vulnerability exploited for approximately 9 months, exposing demographic, clinical, and/or financial information. Upon discovery, the server was taken offline, law enforcement was notified, a forensics investigation was conducted, and OCR provided technical assistance. Credit monitoring was offered to affected individuals.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jul 7, 2014

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_018d4ee9cb3c15ad2014-07-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4983a5445c3263dd2014-07-03 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_47758cc6afedf3fa2014-06-24 · +13dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6a67e4f7d8f0210e2014-06-23 · +14dVerified

Name: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
norm: montana department of public health human
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
norm: montana department of public health human
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,062,509nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notifiedState and federal law enforcement notifiedOCR provided substantial technical assistanceOCR confirmed corrective actions implemented
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Affected server taken offline immediately upon discovery
Incident reported to state and federal law enforcement
Independent forensics investigation conducted
Breach notification sent to HHS, affected individuals, and media
Call center established for affected individuals
Credit monitoring and identity theft services offered to eligible individuals
Changes made: Technical enhancements and safeguards implemented to protect information systems and network resources
Alternate safeguards, policies, and procedures implemented
Processes improved to identify and remediate potential vulnerabilities in server-hosted applications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 23 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+10d

Massachusetts State AG+14d

HHS OCR+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 23 (NH), last Jul 7 (MT) — a 14-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://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: Jul 7, 2014
Raw hash: 99b490cdc0986b3f0b083c37d1ead9ce142b9c0b59426bec20020b666c93c302

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMontana Department of Public Health & Human Services

Victim entityMontana Department of Public Health & Human Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseAffected server taken offline immediately upon discovery

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing