Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Montgomery Hospice, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 16, 2020

Filed

Jan 15, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Montgomery Hospice, Inc. →

Montgomery Hospice, Inc. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where an employee's email account was compromised starting August 20, 2020. The breach potentially exposed patient names, medical record numbers, DOBs, insurance info, and limited medical data. The company secured the account, engaged forensic help, and enhanced email security.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 88 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Aug 20, 2020

Begins

Nov 16, 2020

Discovered

Jan 15, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_b61ee75f978e42d02021-01-15Verified
HHS OCRbd_bbe292c86780fa752021-01-15Verified

Name: Montgomery Hospice, Inc.
norm: montgomery hospice

Name: Montgomery Hospice, Inc.
norm: montgomery hospice
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2020
Undetected for: 88 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the account
Began an investigation
Engaged a leading cyber security firm to assist in our investigation
Undertook a comprehensive review of the contents of the email account
Changes made: Implementing additional email security
Reinforcing education with our employees on how to identify and avoid phishing emails
Enhancing our security infrastructure and systems
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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Maine State AGJan 15 · first

HHS OCRJan 15 · first

Montana State AGJan 15 · 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/montSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2021
Raw hash: 176eda93f61a7e8a0d3f0e7fdf847424309b7229b495b2956f847dce98815340

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMontgomery Hospice, Inc.

Victim entityMontgomery Hospice, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 16, 2020

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov