HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Watson Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 6, 2024

Filed

Aug 26, 2024

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected

23state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Watson Clinic →2 incidents on file

Watson Clinic notified Montana residents of a cybersecurity incident where an unauthorized third party gained access to portions of its network starting January 26, 2024, and was discovered on February 6, 2024. The incident potentially exposed personal information, including SSNs, and protected health information (PHI). Watson Clinic engaged third-party experts, conducted a data review, and is offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring via Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 202 days

Jan 26, 2024

Begins

Feb 6, 2024

Discovered

Aug 26, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+20 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_12afd948062e21412024-08-26Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_434f3a827435be102024-08-26Verified

Name: Watson Clinic
norm: watson clinic

Name: Watson Clinic
norm: watson clinic
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 6, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 26, 2024
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 23state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts through outside counsel
Started remediation efforts, including identifying the potentially affected files
Engaged a data-review firm to analyze their contents
Hired third-party experts to help us address this situation, perform an investigation into the unauthorized activity, and further secure our systems
Offering a complimentary 1-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Further secure our systems and the information we maintain as we move forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 weeks(202 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 26 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 26 · first

Montana State AGAug 26 · first · this page

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1625.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 26, 2024
Raw hash: 0b2f083033048fa97cbc96dbbd716dcf38b50f7696bec6be60b499f1a9667611

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWatson Clinic

Victim entityWatson Clinic

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2024

Stated responseEngaged third-party cybersecurity experts through outside counsel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov