MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighActive

Grays Harbor Community Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 15, 2019

Filed

Aug 14, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

88,000state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Grays Harbor Community Hospital →2 incidents on file

Grays Harbor Community Hospital experienced a ransomware incident on June 15, 2019. Databases containing electronic medical records were encrypted. The organization notified the FBI and engaged forensic consultants. Approximately 88,000 Washington residents were affected. Data types included PHI, SSN, DOB, and names. No data exfiltration was confirmed.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jun 15, 2019

Begins

Jun 15, 2019

Discovered

Aug 14, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_563cdf82e41ff9c62019-08-12 · +2dCandidate

Name: Grays Harbor Community Hospital
norm: grays harbor community hospital

Name: Grays Harbor Community Hospital
norm: grays harbor community hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Jun 15, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 88,000state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI

During the incident: Launched an immediate investigation with the support of leading forensics and network consultants
Notified the FBI of the incident
Utilized backup procedures to recover much of the information
Arranged for you to enroll in a credit monitoring service through Experian
Changes made: Implementing more robust security and backup procedures to protect against ransomware attacks
Providing training for staff members to ensure that they understand how to avoid ransomware
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 · 2 filings

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HHS OCRAug 12 · first

Washington State AG+2d · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10504.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 14, 2019
Raw hash: 0e9dcd7879a6c2174eed97d7b1ac0ce3b268580bb6315743b4d6175a6869d346

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGrays Harbor Community Hospital

Victim entityGrays Harbor Community Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Jun 15, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an immediate investigation with the support of leading forensics and network consultants

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com