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HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsHigh

The Chattanooga Heart Institute

bd_a2267e549573aa93 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Mar 28, 2024

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected · nationwide

547,43453 in this filing

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for The Chattanooga Heart Institute →2 incidents on file

The Chattanooga Heart Institute reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating that an external system breach (hacking) occurred on March 8, 2023. The breach was discovered on May 31, 2023. The incident affected 53 Maine residents. The compromised information includes names and financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers with their corresponding security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. The institute began notifying affected individuals on July 28, 2023, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring services through Epiq.

Maine clockDiscovered May 31, 2023 → Filed with AG Mar 28, 2024302d ✗ ME AG >90d43 weeks 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 · 84 days
discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 302 days

Mar 8, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Mar 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident
A leak claim by karakurt about this victim predates this filing by 310 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 244d gap

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGJul 28 · first
Montana State AGJul 28 · first
Maine State AGJul 28 · first
New Hampshire State AGJul 28 · first
Maine State AG+70d
Vermont State AG+70d
New Hampshire State AG+70d
Maine State AG+200d
Vermont State AG+243d
New Hampshire State AG+244d
Maine State AG+244d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jul 28 (IN), last Mar 28 (ME) — a 244-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 13 — 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.