Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Catawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2018

Filed

Oct 22, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Catawba Valley Medical Center, Inc. →

Catawba Valley Medical Center notified the NH AG of an incident affecting 3 NH residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred in July-August 2018, discovered Aug 24, 2018. Data included names, DOB, SSNs, health info, and insurance info. CVMC engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 54 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jul 1, 2018

Begins

Aug 24, 2018

Discovered

Oct 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_9fde5953ab47d4642018-10-23 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c0189116e82999fb2018-10-23 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_f85e51b25995cbee2018-10-12 · +10dVerified

Name: Catawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.
norm: catawba valley medical center

Name: Catawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.
norm: catawba valley medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 1, 2018 – Aug 31, 2018
Undetected for: 54 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 23, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Began an investigation
Hired a leading computer forensic firm to assist
Mailed letters to the New Hampshire residents
Established a dedicated call center
Offered free credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Hired security experts to enhance employee education
Implemented tighter email controls
Continued to upgrade hardware and software platforms to combat malicious threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCROct 12 · first

New Hampshire State AG+10d · this page

Montana State AG+11d

Massachusetts State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Oct 12 (NC), last Oct 23 (MA) — a 11-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cvmc-20181024.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 22, 2018
Raw hash: 58e5e2374d561c847cef3c06c5e7bb31df6fa7d4ae3231b0e253797595dda006

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCatawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.

Victim entityCatawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2018

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov