MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Emory Healthcare

bd_798149a56f9f0324 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 3, 2017

Filed

Feb 21, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Emory Healthcare →4 incidents on file

Emory Healthcare notified patients of a ransomware incident affecting the Waits & Delays appointment database. Unauthorized access occurred around January 1, 2017, when the database was deleted and a ransom demanded. Discovery was on January 3, 2017. Data included names, DOBs, contact info, and medical record numbers. No SSN or financial data was involved. Law enforcement was alerted.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Jan 1, 2017

Begins

Jan 3, 2017

Discovered

Feb 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_b26522070c7a1d9d2017-02-21Verified

Name: Emory Healthcare
norm: emory healthcare
Domain: emoryhealthcare.org

Name: Emory Healthcare
norm: emory healthcare
Domain: emoryhealthcare.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2017 – Jan 3, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: communicated with law enforcement prior to issuing this notice

During the incident: Initiated an internal investigation
Alerted law enforcement
In the process of notifying impacted patients
Changes made: Further review and refine our security measures relating to internal and third-party computer systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRFeb 21 · first

Montana State AGFeb 21 · 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/Emory-Healthcare.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 21, 2017
Raw hash: eb7193c5537f453f1b46aaedb69e3f46a6007975f426b3b32470730f2b93da5f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmory Healthcare

Victim entityEmory Healthcare

Incidentdiscovered Jan 3, 2017

Stated responseInitiated an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov