NORTH CAROLINAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Morehead Memorial Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 1, 2017

Filed

Sep 15, 2017

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

66,000

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

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Morehead Memorial Hospital reported to HHS on 2017-09-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 66,000 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Phishing emails compromised employee accounts, exposing PHI including treatment, payment, names, and SSNs for 1,200 individuals. Navigant Consulting investigated. Remediation included password resets, enhanced training, and internal reporting tools.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Jun 1, 2017 → Notified Sep 15, 2017106d ✗ HHS report late15 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 106 days

Jun 1, 2017

Begins

Jun 1, 2017

Discovered

Sep 15, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0b0e057295ec33c52017-09-15Candidate

Name: Morehead Memorial Hospital
norm: morehead memorial hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Morehead Memorial Hospital
norm: morehead memorial hospital
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 1, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2017
Affected individuals: 66,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged Navigant Consulting to assist with the investigation
Reset password for all employee accounts
Added phishing information to employee training materials
Created an internal website to improve reporting and notification of security incidents
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions noted by OCR
Enhanced employee security awareness training regarding phishing
Deployed internal reporting mechanisms for security incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(106 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report late · 106dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 1, 2017
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2017
106d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 1, 2017
→ Notified: Sep 15, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 1, 2017 → Notified: Sep 15, 2017	106d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 1, 2017 → Notified: Sep 15, 2017	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGSep 15 · first

HHS OCRSep 15 · first · this page

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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: Sep 15, 2017
Raw hash: d8a45b7d24c252e384a7d1da6a2328973ffb1831b38455a58e1e07382ee1e019

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMorehead Memorial Hospital

Victim entityMorehead Memorial Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2017

Stated responseEngaged Navigant Consulting to assist with the investigation

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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