MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareTroldeshShadeData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

East Valley Community Health Center, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 6, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for East Valley Community Health Center, Inc. →

East Valley Community Health Center, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on October 18, 2016, when an unknown individual accessed a server and installed Troldesh/Shade malware, encrypting files containing patient health information. Affected data included names, dates of birth, addresses, medical record numbers, health diagnosis codes, and insurance account numbers. Social security numbers and driver's license numbers were not involved. The organization notified regulators and affected patients in December 2016.

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Incident timeline

Oct 18, 2016

Begins

Dec 6, 2016

Filed

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_6fe657ca85d48e1b2016-12-15 · +9dCandidate

Name: East Valley Community Health Center, Inc.
norm: east valley community health center
Domain: evchc.org

Name: East Valley Community Health Center, Inc.
norm: east valley community health center
Domain: evchc.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Oct 18, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 14, 2016
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the California Department of Public Health and the California Attorney General’s office of this incidentNotified the US Department of Health and Human Services of this incident

During the incident: Implemented technical safeguards and administrative protocols to ensure that health information is protected from unauthorized access
Contracted with a Health Information Technology company to maintain all patient health information on a designated off-site server
Conducting a review of current privacy practices and will take all necessary corrective actions needed to ensure the highest level of privacy
Notified the California Department of Public Health and the California Attorney General’s office of this incident
Notified the US Department of Health and Human Services of this incident
Notified the local media to ensure that all our patients are aware of the breach
Changes made: Implemented technical safeguards and administrative protocols to ensure that health information is protected from unauthorized access
Contracted with a Health Information Technology company to maintain all patient health information on a designated off-site server
Conducting a review of current privacy practices and will take all necessary corrective actions needed to ensure the highest level of privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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California State AGDec 6 · first · this page

HHS OCR+9d

Pattern: first filing Dec 6 (CA), last Dec 15 (CA) — a 9-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-65226
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2016
Raw hash: 109e1a28566fd56139649ebb172a46c94aab37851fc325058493093691098dba

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast Valley Community Health Center, Inc.

Victim entityEast Valley Community Health Center, Inc.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseImplemented technical safeguards and administrative protocols to ensure that health information is protected from unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov