HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Broward Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 19, 2021

Filed

Jan 1, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

140state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Broward Health experienced a breach involving unauthorized access to its network via a third-party medical provider's credentials. The incident, discovered on Oct 19, 2021, exposed PHI, SSNs, and financial data. Broward Health notified the FBI/DOJ, reset passwords, and implemented MFA. Notification was delayed per DOJ request.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Oct 15, 2021

Begins

Oct 19, 2021

Discovered

Jan 1, 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

Indiana State AGbd_1afcc7a8b735c4d52022-01-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_226b9006d748d3bd2022-01-02 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_8005a0ba482c26af2022-01-02 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9cebea73a9d768802022-01-03 · +2dVerified

Name: North Broward Hospital District
norm: north broward hospital district

Name: Broward Health
norm: broward health
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 19, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 15, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 140state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
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 to ensure that the notification does not compromise the ongoing law enforcement investigation
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 into the incident
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(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AGJan 1 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

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-28.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 1, 2022
Raw hash: fa9b186e9dd7f6bc6c319478a3f8350b193e837fa8e1211cc3e69297a44e1782

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNorth Broward Hospital District

Victim entityBroward Health

Incidentdiscovered Oct 19, 2021

Stated responsePromptly contained the incident upon discovery

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov