HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture App DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)FinancialMediumContained

UConn Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 22, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

83%

Full breach record for UConn Health →2 incidents on file

UConn Health notified affected individuals of unauthorized access to a limited number of employee email accounts between August 20–27, 2018. The investigation determined on December 24, 2018 that the accounts contained personal information including names, SSNs, addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers, and medical information. Approximately 504 Rhode Island residents were affected. UConn Health secured accounts, notified law enforcement, and retained a forensic security firm.

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Incident timeline

Aug 20, 2018

Begins

Feb 22, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4cf3316f2f0352ce2019-02-22Verified
HHS OCRbd_44688349ddb4a7e12019-02-21 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_61139883b8bd4f402019-02-21 · +1dVerified

Name: UConn Health
norm: uconn health

Name: UConn Health
norm: uconn health
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 20, 2018 – Aug 27, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Promptly secured the email accounts to prevent further unauthorized access
Notified law enforcement
Retained a leading forensic security firm to investigate and conduct a comprehensive search for any personal information in the impacted email accounts, and to confirm the security of our email and computer systems
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Evaluating additional platforms for educating staff
Reviewing technical controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRFeb 21 · first

Montana State AGFeb 21 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-144949
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2019
Raw hash: c187b2d09b977f1d70df595a0bf01f3b0d867a36c6fc3a43ed399470c89502ff

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUConn Health

Victim entityUConn Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responsePromptly secured the email accounts to prevent further unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov