MisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Emerson Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 27, 2018

Filed

Mar 8, 2019

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

132state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Emerson Hospital →2 incidents on file

Emerson Hospital notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving a third-party payment collector, MiraMed. A MiraMed employee transmitted files containing patient PII (name, address, SSN, insurance/financial info) to an unauthorized third party between May 9-17, 2018. Emerson learned of the incident on Nov 27, 2018. 132 NH residents were affected. Emerson terminated the employee, contacted law enforcement, and provided 2 years of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 202 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

May 9, 2018

Begins

Nov 27, 2018

Discovered

Mar 8, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1a64feb98e32aed52019-03-08Verified
HHS OCRbd_991c30d38cb9f4942019-03-08Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a4da94385672ceb02019-03-08Verified

Name: Emerson Hospital
norm: emerson hospital

Name: Emerson Hospital
norm: emerson hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 27, 2018
Breach occurred: May 9, 2018 – May 17, 2018
Undetected for: 202 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 8, 2019
Affected individuals: 132state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Worked with MiraMed to understand the situation
Terminated the employee at issue
Contacted law enforcement to investigate the case
Providing impacted individuals with two-years of complimentary identity theft prevention services
Changes made: Working with MiraMed to take steps to ensure this type of incident will not occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(101 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGMar 8 · first

HHS OCRMar 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 8 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 8 · first · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/emerson-hospital-20190308.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 8, 2019
Raw hash: 84bc2719cad9d784ac5d54cf85c0a43facf3fa00502569c648c9951d057624c7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmerson Hospital

Victim entityEmerson Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Nov 27, 2018

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov