HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Cognisight (Providence ElderPlace - Washington)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Aug 24, 2023

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

542state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Cognisight (Providence ElderPlace - Washington) →

Cognisight LLC reported a cybersecurity incident affecting Providence ElderPlace - Washington. Unauthorized access occurred on May 28, 2023, via the MOVEit file transfer vulnerability. Cognisight discovered the global exploit on May 31, 2023. Protected health information, including names, DOBs, Medicare/Medicaid numbers, and health info, was accessed. 542 Washington residents were notified on August 24, 2023. Cognisight stopped access, restored servers, applied patches, and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 85 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Aug 24, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed542 affectedView incident

Name: Cognisight LLC
norm: cognisight

Name: Cognisight (Providence ElderPlace - Washington)
norm: cognisight providence elderplace washington
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 24, 2023
Affected individuals: 542state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameHealth insurance IDMedical informationDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Stopped access to MOVEit
Conducted a forensic investigation
Engaged a vendor to review at-risk files
Notified all impacted covered entities
Posted notice of the incident on its website
Notified the federal regulator, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
Sent notification letters to potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Securely restored their servers from backups
Applied the patch(es) provided by the MOVEit software provider, Progress
Offered twelve months of credit monitoring and identity protection services through Cyberscout
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(85 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26329.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 24, 2023
Raw hash: b3d2b47cce7d9f4e4e71c81592bba2bc4c1d24ab4761f841ff9e0906e3a0b459

Reporting entityCognisight LLC

Victim entityCognisight (Providence ElderPlace - Washington)

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseStopped access to MOVEit

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com