Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PIIHighContained

Palmetto Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 19, 2019

Filed

Apr 2, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2,260state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Palmetto Health →

Palmetto Health notified individuals that an employee was tricked by a phishing email, leading to unauthorized access of an email account containing personal information including names, SSNs, DOBs, and medical record data. Access likely occurred in November 2018; discovered Feb 19, 2019. No evidence of misuse. Offered 1 year credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due6 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 · 110 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Nov 1, 2018

Begins

Feb 19, 2019

Discovered

Apr 2, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 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_6d8f5940bbe157372019-03-29 · +4dVerified

Name: Palmetto Health
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Name: Palmetto Health
norm: palmetto health
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 19, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2018
Undetected for: 110 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 29, 2019
Affected individuals: 2,260state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Blocked the unauthorized access
Engaged outside technical experts to investigate the incident thoroughly
Hand reviewed emails to obtain names and mailing addresses for use in notification
Offered one year of free credit monitoring and $1 million in identity theft insurance through Experian
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRMar 29 · first

South Carolina State AG+4d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2019/PalmettoHealth.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2019
Raw hash: a60f9ffbdecd0efc707343742b772e8ef1e3483e335bce455108ccdad4a27ec6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPalmetto Health

Victim entityPalmetto Health

Incidentdiscovered Feb 19, 2019

Stated responseBlocked the unauthorized access

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov