HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIIMediumContained

HCA Healthcare Inc.

bd_9b908244a6dec321 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

Aug 1, 2023

To disclose

27 days

Affected

7,500state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for HCA Healthcare Inc. →4 incidents on file

HCA Healthcare reported a data breach affecting 7,500 Washington residents. Unauthorized access to an external storage location used for email automation occurred between June 29 and July 5, 2023. Exposed data included names, contact info, and dates of birth. No PHI or financial data was compromised. HCA disabled access, notified law enforcement, and engaged forensic investigators.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d27 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Jun 29, 2023

Begins

Jul 5, 2023

Discovered

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_64b2526179555bbb2023-08-01Verified
HHS OCRbd_71092e6fb24830ae2023-07-31 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_35790d97fa0a28592023-07-14 · +18dVerified
SEC 8-Kbd_2da8bd258eae08062023-07-10 · +22dCandidate

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New Hampshire State AGbd_a60290f5c43261202023-08-28 · +27dVerified
Idaho State AGbd_ba5937f7f4bf868d2023-08-28 · +27dVerified
Montana State AGbd_e1ece1715cd497062023-08-29 · +28dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ff2e8ab93fef2eeb2023-08-29 · +28dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_469b4c05c3cce8b62023-08-30 · +29dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_9d3b8351bb1555992023-08-31 · +30dVerified

Name: HCA Healthcare Inc.
norm: hca healthcare
Domain: hcahealthcare.com

Name: HCA Healthcare Inc.
norm: hca healthcare
Domain: hcahealthcare.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Jun 29, 2023 – Jul 5, 2023
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 4, 2023
Affected individuals: 7,500state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birth
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported this event to law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled user access to the aforementioned storage location
Reported this event to law enforcement
Retained third-party forensic and threat intelligence advisors to investigate the incident
Changes made: Reviewing security strategies, systems, and protocols to identify any enhancement opportunities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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SEC 8-KJul 10 · first

Delaware State AG+4d

HHS OCR+21d

California State AG+22d

Washington State AG+22d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+49d

Idaho State AG+49d

Montana State AG+50d

Massachusetts State AG+50d

Oregon State AG+51d

South Carolina State AG+52d

Pattern: first filing Jul 10, last Aug 31 (SC) — a 52-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26050.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2023
Raw hash: 1164340da4d880bc6fddd65a99455b02e3b552a8fabecc9a6fa7566a912d8367

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHCA Healthcare Inc.

Victim entityHCA Healthcare Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2023

Stated responseDisabled user access to the aforementioned storage location

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com