PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 27, 2023

Filed

Feb 29, 2024

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

211state residents only

Linked

13 records

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center →4 incidents on file

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center notified individuals of a data security incident on October 27, 2023, after a provider lost a personal laptop. The laptop was password protected and remotely wiped; no evidence of data access was found. Affected data included names, SSNs, addresses, DOBs, and medical records. The Center offered credit monitoring and re-educated staff on device security.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d18 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Oct 27, 2023

Discovered

Feb 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by hunters_international about this victim was first seen 76 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_925ee43ceec80c672024-02-29Verified
HHS OCRbd_8814fc6d061ec55d2023-12-26 · +65dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_00321461c9a219542023-12-22 · +69dVerified
California State AGbd_055977ba69ddd4322023-12-22 · +69dVerified by operator

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Montana State AGbd_390649f2c75439432023-12-22 · +69dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_632cb3e03653a6452023-12-22 · +69dVerified
HHS OCRbd_734a45a1ef5248522023-12-22 · +69dVerified
Washington State AGbd_b7c7ee56fd79dc242023-12-22 · +69dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_12adcd78f9e863af2023-12-20 · +71dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_e82634db0b6646752024-08-01 · +154dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
norm: fred hutchinson cancer center
Domain: fredhutch.org

Name: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
norm: fred hutchinson cancer center
Domain: fredhutch.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 27, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 211state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Enabled protections to remotely wipe the laptop
Began an internal investigation
Retained a forensic team to conduct a comprehensive review
Advised the provider to immediately change the email account password
Referred the provider to Fred Hutch Medical Staff for appropriate corrective action
Taken steps to re-educate our workforce about the importance of protecting any personal device
Changes made: Re-educated workforce about the importance of protecting any personal device that has access to confidential information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGDec 20 · first

Oregon State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

HHS OCR+2d

Washington State AG+2d

HHS OCR+6d

Washington State AG+71d

Montana State AG+71d · this page

Illinois State AG+225d

Pattern: first filing Dec 20 (VT), last Aug 1 (IL) — a 225-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1150.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 29, 2024
Raw hash: debe2d1c53964a5b8c58470a37f8ea5ba78584e5cb6e6508b93aaaa946492627

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Victim entityFred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Incidentdiscovered Oct 27, 2023

Stated responseEnabled protections to remotely wipe the laptop

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov