MONTANAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Western Montana Clinic

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 2, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

7,038

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Western Montana Clinic →2 incidents on file

Western Montana Clinic reported to HHS on 2015-04-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7038 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. Hackers gained access to the clinic's website, exposing electronic protected health information (ePHI) including names, addresses, and financial information. The clinic implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 2, 2015

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,038 affectedView incident

Name: Western Montana Clinic
norm: western montana clinic
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Western Montana Clinic
norm: western montana clinic
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,038nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance to the CE
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2015
Raw hash: dc587ed9e98f135b53019deb4fc0571de5162a535f84276889595c818e1177de

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Reporting entityWestern Montana Clinic

Victim entityWestern Montana Clinic

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing