AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)PIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

bd_8ba652ba3e10c74b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 16, 2024

Filed

Nov 15, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ATHENAHEALTH, INC. →

athenahealth, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data incident affecting one NH resident. On Sept 16, 2024, an insurance provider alerted athenahealth that Eligibility Transaction Files were visible in a public repository. Root cause was a manual configuration error; files uploaded on or after April 3, 2024. Data included demographic info. athenahealth removed files, investigated, notified HHS OCR and individuals, and offered 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 3, 2024

Begins

Sep 16, 2024

Discovered

Nov 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4578d2cfe6b206432024-11-15Verified
HHS OCRbd_835a237069fb82112024-11-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_dda00b7398f09ba52024-11-15Verified
Idaho State AGbd_e9e06934e266ff552024-11-15Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_0ce80a8b77ec1d4a2024-11-16 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_47ff2c4a38b2128f2024-11-01 · +14dVerified

Name: ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
norm: athenahealth
Domain: athenahealth.com

Name: ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
norm: athenahealth
Domain: athenahealth.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2024
Undetected for: 166 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil Rights

During the incident: Removed the files and information from the repository
Began an investigation into how this situation occurred
Notified the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
Notified affected individuals
Provided identity protection services at no cost
Changes made: Evaluating additional safeguards, workflows, and process requirements to prevent a similar future occurrence
Providing training and education to the individual responsible for the configuration error
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGNov 1 · first

Montana State AG+14d

HHS OCR+14d

Indiana State AG+14d

Idaho State AG+14d

New Hampshire State AG+14d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Nov 1 (IL), last Nov 16 (MA) — a 15-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/athenahealth-20241115.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2024
Raw hash: 5b35c708e66b87165ea9f9174e22c280aec44fa9752e1758660d0fc53696c19e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityATHENAHEALTH, INC.

Victim entityATHENAHEALTH, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2024

Stated responseRemoved the files and information from the repository

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov