HackingHealthcareHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Verity Medical Foundation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 6, 2017

Filed

Feb 7, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Verity Medical Foundation →4 incidents on file

Verity Medical Foundation disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed a decommissioned website (Verity Medical Foundation-San Jose Medical Group) between October 2015 and January 2017. The organization detected the breach on January 6, 2017. Affected data includes patient names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and the last four digits of credit card numbers. Social security numbers and full credit card information were not involved. The organization engaged a cybersecurity firm, secured the website, and offered credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Jan 6, 2017 → Notified Feb 1, 201726d ✓ CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 463 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Oct 1, 2015

Begins

Jan 6, 2017

Discovered

Feb 7, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_bf824ee6c6c101e62017-01-11 · +27dCandidate

Name: Verity Medical Foundation
norm: verity medical
Domain: sanjosemed.com

Name: Verity Medical Foundation
norm: verity medical
Domain: sanjosemed.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 6, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2015 – Jan 31, 2017
Undetected for: 463 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2017
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil RightsReported the incident to federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation
Took immediate steps to secure the website
Stopped any further unauthorized activity
Working with a leading cyber-security firm to assist with the investigation
Evaluated the integrity of our information systems
Reported the incident to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights
Reported the incident to federal law enforcement authorities
Partnered with Epiq to provide call center services
Retained Equifax to provide credit monitoring services
Changes made: Prevented similar incidents from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 26d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jan 6, 2017
→ Notified: Feb 1, 2017
26d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jan 6, 2017 → Notified: Feb 1, 2017	26d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRJan 11 · first

California State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 11 (CA), last Feb 7 (CA) — a 27-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-66237
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 7, 2017
Raw hash: b5f27c766a7cab301965da30447fe795825f018b07c2656c7af7fdd079df94f2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVerity Medical Foundation

Victim entityVerity Medical Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 6, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov