MAINEHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 30, 2019

Filed

Jul 12, 2019

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

13,299

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc. reported to HHS on 2019-07-12 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 13299 individuals. Breached information located on Other. Business associate American Medical Collection Agency discovered unauthorized access to its web payment portal between August 1, 2018 and March 30, 2019. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, financial information, and clinical information.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late15 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 241 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 104 days

Aug 1, 2018

Begins

Mar 30, 2019

Discovered

Jul 12, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Part of Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c914bf50a02d6be2019-07-12Verified

Name: Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc.
norm: penobscot community health center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Penobscot Community Health Center, Inc.
norm: penobscot community health center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Mar 30, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2018 – Mar 30, 2019
Undetected for: 241 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 13,299nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via American Medical Collection Agencybusiness associate
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified OCR
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: OCR reviewed PCHC’s business associate agreement with AMCA and it was in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(104 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Mar 30, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Mar 30, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 12 · first

HHS OCRJul 12 · 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://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: Jul 12, 2019
Raw hash: 6420f63c504a8aade32c490bc1ecc37f66d6fe3ae65f2aeebf0663e4908621ae

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPenobscot Community Health Center, Inc.

Victim entityPenobscot Community Health Center, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 30, 2019

Stated responseNotified OCR

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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