HackingHealthcareHealthcareTargetedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumActive

ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2013

Filed

Feb 3, 2014

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

17state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM →4 incidents on file

St. Joseph Health System notified NH AG of a security attack between Dec 16-18, 2013, discovered Dec 18. Hackers from China accessed a server potentially compromising PHI, SSNs, and financial data of 17 NH residents. Investigation ongoing; no confirmation data was taken. FBI notified, credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Dec 16, 2013

Begins

Dec 18, 2013

Discovered

Feb 3, 2014

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

California State AGbd_7f07c447d4101bcf2014-02-05 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_851038d51f5917672014-02-05 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_900e9b5efcfdb2492014-02-11 · +8dVerified

Name: Nelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton
norm: nelson levine de luca hamilton

Name: ST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM
norm: st joseph health system
Domain: stjosephhealth.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2013
Breach occurred: Dec 16, 2013 – Dec 18, 2013
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 4, 2014
Affected individuals: 17state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided written notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProvided written notice to additional state and international regulatorsProvided written notice to the national consumer reporting agenciesReported this incident to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Retained national security and computer forensics experts to thoroughly investigate the scope of the incident
Shut down access to the involved computer
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Offered access to one (1) free year of credit monitoring and identity restoration services
Provided written notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provided written notice to additional state and international regulators
Provided written notice to the national consumer reporting agencies
Reported this incident to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Undergoing additional security measures to strengthen the security of its system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(47 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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New Hampshire State AGFeb 3 · first · this page

California State AG+2d

HHS OCR+2d

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (NH), last Feb 11 (MA) — a 8-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/st-joseph-health-20140203.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 3, 2014
Raw hash: 7dc06ada3ea63344451a73715ba89f10b26b64f5a17893032e8dccef7e7d6d2e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNelson Levine de Luca & Hamilton

Victim entityST. JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2013

Stated responseRetained national security and computer forensics experts to thoroughly investigate the scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov