MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighActive

Augusta University Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 5, 2021

Filed

Jun 14, 2022

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected

11,181state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Augusta University Medical Center →

Augusta University Medical Center notified patients that a third-party vendor, Eye Care Leaders (ECL), experienced a security incident on or around December 4, 2021. Attackers accessed the ECL myCare Integrity EMR system hosted on AWS and deleted databases. While no exfiltration was confirmed, it could not be ruled out. Impacted data may include names, SSNs, insurance info, and health records. ECL implemented security improvements; AU Medical offers 1 year of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due27 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

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 191 days

Dec 4, 2021

Begins

Dec 5, 2021

Discovered

Jun 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_95b8a82c38805ba52022-06-13 · +1dCandidate

Name: Augusta University Medical Center
norm: augusta university medical center

Name: Augusta University Medical Center
norm: augusta university medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 5, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2021
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 11,181state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Offering one (1) year(s) of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Experian
Assessing alternative ophthalmology EMRs
Changes made: Reviewing and updating access controls and permissions
Reviewing and updating data storage security procedures
Strengthening network protections
Improving server patching and data backup processes
Onboarding additional internal and third-party technical resources and monitoring personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(191 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGJun 13 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2022/AugustaUniversityMedicalCenter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2022
Raw hash: ed991859401cc63023d05d13d6e4319f31ad0d5aece928a1b50eb1f48ec5d350

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAugusta University Medical Center

Victim entityAugusta University Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Dec 5, 2021

Stated responseOffering one (1) year(s) of free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance through Experian

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov