HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 24, 2018

Filed

Oct 23, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia →3 incidents on file

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) notified Montana residents that an unauthorized user accessed a physician's email account on August 23, 2018. The account contained PHI including patient names, DOBs, and neonatal care info. No SSNs or financial data were involved. CHOP engaged forensic investigators and enhanced email security.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Aug 23, 2018

Begins

Aug 24, 2018

Discovered

Oct 23, 2018

Filed

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on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
norm: the children s hospital of philadelphia
Domain: chop.edu

Name: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
norm: the children s hospital of philadelphia
Domain: chop.edu
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2018
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Changes made: Taking significant measures to provide enhanced levels of security for our e-mail system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/CHOP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 23, 2018
Raw hash: e3217373927bf80e2a28116e79dfd1a141f9e0a3d51fe8b98aa059f6fe04fa4c

Reporting entityThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Victim entityThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a leading forensic firm to assist with the investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov