HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainAuthenticationFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighContained

Broward Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 19, 2021

Filed

Jan 2, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1,168state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Broward Health →

North Broward Hospital District d/b/a Broward Health reported a cyberattack affecting 1,168 Washington residents. Unauthorized access occurred Oct 15-19, 2021, via a third-party medical provider's credentials. Exfiltrated data included PHI, SSNs, financial info, and driver's licenses. The DOJ requested a notification delay. Remediation included MFA implementation and password resets.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 75 days

Oct 15, 2021

Begins

Oct 19, 2021

Discovered

Jan 2, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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

Oregon State AGbd_09ffdc1d7aea81f92022-01-02Candidate
Maine State AGbd_9e0edb35c581d7632022-01-02Verified
California State AGbd_5cdeb7d35ae601db2022-01-01 · +1dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_1dd323d57ead656a2022-01-04 · +2dVerified

Name: Broward Health
norm: broward health

Name: Broward Health
norm: broward health
Also named: North Broward Hospital Districtdba oflegal entity
Broward Healthdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2021 – Oct 19, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,168state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the Department of Justice (DOJ)DOJ requested that Broward Health briefly delay this notification
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Promptly contained the incident upon discovery
Notified the FBI and the Department of Justice (DOJ)
Required all employees to update their passwords
Engaged an independent cybersecurity firm to conduct an extensive investigation
Engaged an experienced data review specialist to conduct an extensive review of the data
Changes made: Ongoing investigation
Password reset with enhanced security measures across the enterprise
Implementation of multifactor authentication for all users of its systems
Implementation of additional minimum-security requirements for devices that are not managed by Broward Health Information Technology that access our network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(75 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

California State AGJan 1 · first

Oregon State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d

Washington State AG+1d · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA5241.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2022
Raw hash: 707263ae2aa312a6bc3472b4dfe78818ffa0721cf2a985e373ef99a01d574cb7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBroward Health

Victim entityBroward Health

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2021

Stated responsePromptly contained the incident upon discovery

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com