MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHICriticalContained

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jun 17, 2021

Filed

Aug 11, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

100,993state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc. →2 incidents on file

St. Joseph’s/Candler disclosed a ransomware incident where unauthorized access occurred between Dec 18, 2020 and Jun 17, 2021. The attacker encrypted files and potentially accessed patient/employee PII including SSNs, medical records, and financial data. SJ/C isolated systems, engaged forensic firms, notified law enforcement, and offered 1-year Experian IdentityWorks.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due8 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 · 181 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 55 days

Dec 18, 2020

Begins

Jun 17, 2021

Discovered

Aug 11, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_87ab57a51a6a1a542021-08-10 · +1dCandidate

Name: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.
norm: st joseph s candler health system

Name: St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.
norm: st joseph s candler health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 17, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 18, 2020 – Jun 17, 2021
Undetected for: 181 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 100,993state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to isolate and secure our systems
Launched an investigation with the assistance of cybersecurity firms
Notified law enforcement
Offering you a complimentary one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(55 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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HHS OCRAug 10 · 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/2021/StJosephsCandler.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2021
Raw hash: cd087e3ee801ea6ad8909bf34317df9b0766a7c5d24a3e73ffa0dd0f003d33ce

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySt. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

Victim entitySt. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 17, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to isolate and secure our systems

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov