AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PHILowContained

Children's Mercy Kansas City

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 23, 2017

Filed

May 19, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Children's Mercy Kansas City notified patients that an unauthorized website containing patient information was discovered on March 23, 2017. A physician had uploaded data to create an educational resource. The website lacked adequate security controls. Data included names, MRNs, DOBs, and clinical codes. No SSNs or financial data were involved. Identity protection services were offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Mar 23, 2017

Discovered

May 19, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_e0de7511772a71732017-05-19Verified

Name: Children's Mercy Kansas City
norm: childrens mercy
Domain: childrensmercy.org

Name: Children's Mercy Kansas City
norm: childrens mercy
Domain: childrensmercy.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 23, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 19, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified that patients have the right to file a complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights, Region VII
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Took down the website
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your/your child's identity for 12 months at no cost
Re-education and re-training of key staff to ensure full compliance
Changes made: Re-education and re-training of key staff to ensure full compliance
Mandatory ongoing education for all employees regarding the privacy of patient information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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 OCRMay 19 · first

Montana State AGMay 19 · 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/Childrens-Mercy-Hospital.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 19, 2017
Raw hash: 74e9254fbb431394071a735f6a16565db27cd00051ce77a9ace0237aa94a9ac7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChildren's Mercy Kansas City

Victim entityChildren's Mercy Kansas City

Incidentdiscovered Mar 23, 2017

Stated responseTook down the website

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov