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Hillcrest Nursing Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 24, 2020

Filed

Nov 24, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Hillcrest Nursing Center →2 incidents on file

Hillcrest Nursing Center notified residents and families that a terminated staff physician, who retained access to the electronic medical records system, may have viewed personal and health information of current and former residents. Access was revoked on August 24, 2020, and an investigation identified affected individuals by October 9, 2020.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 20 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Aug 4, 2020

Begins

Aug 24, 2020

Discovered

Nov 24, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_1fc0952299d0553a2020-11-24Verified
HHS OCRbd_a237d313fe7808b32020-11-24Verified

Name: Hillcrest Nursing Center
norm: hillcrest nursing center

Name: Hillcrest Nursing Center
norm: hillcrest nursing center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 4, 2020 – Aug 23, 2020
Undetected for: 20 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Revoked the terminated physician’s access to these records
Conducted an internal investigation
Changes made: Implementing a new facility policy to immediately remove users from our electronic medical records system at the time they are terminated
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGNov 24 · first

HHS OCRNov 24 · first

Montana State AGNov 24 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/hillcrSa.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 24, 2020
Raw hash: fdfa8d30004e9f28273d0b6a7ac4b20b2e79cac20d09d8ac9d547398906fc57a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHillcrest Nursing Center

Victim entityHillcrest Nursing Center

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2020

Stated responseRevoked the terminated physician’s access to these records

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov