Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 30, 2020

Filed

Jul 31, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation →13 incidents on file

Freeport Regional Healthcare Foundation notified Montana residents of an email compromise incident. Unauthorized access occurred Feb 12-13, 2020. Investigation concluded April 30, 2020. Patient data including SSN, DOB, and PHI may have been accessible. No evidence of misuse found. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 78 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Feb 12, 2020

Begins

Apr 30, 2020

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_66860f5c18156e522020-07-31Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_4bd4c3f4476c40882020-09-04 · +35dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7ca717d9c8c84ab32020-09-04 · +35dVerified
Montana State AGbd_3668ce32799062ef2020-10-07 · +68dVerified

Name: Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation
norm: freeport regional health care

Name: Freeport Regional Health Care Foundation
norm: freeport regional health care
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 12, 2020 – Feb 13, 2020
Undetected for: 78 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 31, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading computer forensic firm to assist with our investigation
Took steps to secure the accounts
Reviewed all of the emails and attachments contained in the email accounts
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Reinforced education with our staff regarding how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Making additional security enhancements to our email environment, including enabling multi-factor authentication
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRJul 31 · first

Montana State AGJul 31 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+35d

Massachusetts State AG+35d

Montana State AG+68d

Pattern: first filing Jul 31 (IL), last Oct 7 (MT) — a 68-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/Freeport-Regional-Healthcare-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2020
Raw hash: 3f17e8f070731fa77fc6d3c4a0169a173d8a554742daed6130691edf2c9fda10

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFreeport Regional Health Care Foundation

Victim entityFreeport Regional Health Care Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 30, 2020

Stated responseEngaged a leading computer forensic firm to assist with our investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov