HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Northeast Radiology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 11, 2020

Filed

Mar 11, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

4 records

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Northeast Radiology →

Northeast Radiology (NERAD) notified Montana residents that its IT provider, Alliance HealthCare Services, experienced unauthorized access to its PACS system between April 14, 2019, and January 7, 2020. The breach potentially exposed PHI, SSNs, and demographic data. NERAD engaged forensic investigators and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 272 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 14, 2019

Begins

Jan 11, 2020

Discovered

Mar 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_ae55b2108f5ede742020-03-11Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f306b619c132c28f2020-03-11Verified

Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_0f3fa12d8c2e6fa02025-04-04 · +1850dVerified by operator

Name: Alliance HealthCare Services
norm: alliance healthcare services

Name: Northeast Radiology
norm: northeast radiology
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 11, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2019 – Jan 7, 2020
Undetected for: 272 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Alliance HealthCare Services
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Alliance promptly launched an internal investigation
Alliance retained a leading forensic security firm to assist in its investigation
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Changes made: Evaluate systems and processes to further strengthen protections for the PACS
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.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRMar 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 11 · first

Montana State AGMar 11 · 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/Breach-NotificationDetails-131.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 11, 2020
Raw hash: 0c374efdaa5c38596e1aab18b22ccc4069a9a6ebbd5ebfde41e80ba08efc18fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityAlliance HealthCare Services

Victim entityNortheast Radiology

Incidentdiscovered Jan 11, 2020

Stated responseAlliance promptly launched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov