HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 5, 2018

Filed

Nov 5, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION →6 incidents on file

Inova Health System notified NH AG that unauthorized access to patient records occurred between Jan-Oct 2017 via stolen employee credentials. 10 NH residents affected (names, DOB, SSN, MRNs). Discovered Sept 5, 2018. Notifications mailed Nov 2, 2018 with 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 612 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Jan 1, 2017

Begins

Sep 5, 2018

Discovered

Nov 5, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0380536c186bdc002018-11-02 · +3dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d56c1973c01efb292018-11-02 · +3dVerified
HHS OCRbd_2cca5ea6620e85c32018-11-19 · +14dVerified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
norm: inova health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 5, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2017 – Oct 31, 2017
Undetected for: 612 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 2, 2018
Affected individuals: 10state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralWorking closely with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Fairfax County Police Department
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a leading forensic firm to determine what happened and what information may have been accessed
Secured that account
Working closely with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Fairfax County Police Department
Changes made: Enhancing its security processes
Putting in place additional monitoring tools
Retraining employees about password security
Updating its policies regarding password complexity and limitations on transmission of information
Reviewing its policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRNov 2 · first

Montana State AGNov 2 · first

New Hampshire State AG+3d · this page

HHS OCR+17d

Pattern: first filing Nov 2 (VA), last Nov 19 (VA) — a 17-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/inova-health-20181105.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 5, 2018
Raw hash: 5f8ed817a8089cfce7ddb4212f246db3dac75215935d1c83e95b88fb7189533d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered Sep 5, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a leading forensic firm to determine what happened and what information may have been accessed

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov