MalwareOtherRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 15, 2021

Filed

Oct 20, 2021

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

582state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation →

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation reported a ransomware incident on July 15, 2021, affecting 582 Washington residents. Encrypted servers may have contained PII including names, addresses, emails, and SSNs. Notices were sent October 12, 2021, offering credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d14 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Jul 15, 2021

Begins

Jul 15, 2021

Discovered

Oct 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_81b637470d4bde872021-09-13 · +37dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_d7fff08dd0cf46752021-09-13 · +37dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_365727d41ae38a182021-09-09 · +41dVerified by operator

Name: CLARK HILL PLC
norm: clark hill

Name: Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
norm: buddhist tzu chi medical
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 15, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 12, 2021
Affected individuals: 582state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Took their affected server offline
Implemented their incident response protocols
Began an investigation
Provided notice of this incident
Arranged for you to receive credit monitoring and identity protection services provided by IDX
Changes made: Upgrading their workstation security software
Continue to evaluate the appropriateness of their security controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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California State AGSep 9 · first

Montana State AG+4d

HHS OCR+4d

Washington State AG+41d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 9 (CA), last Oct 20 (WA) — a 41-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA2142.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2021
Raw hash: f38f5816420f68713af75dfc18c8bbbc81686bc1aa8d2930a978f105b740b58e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCLARK HILL PLC

Victim entityBuddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2021

Stated responseTook their affected server offline

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com