AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

MedWatch LLC

bd_ae0de430b488d5e1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 15, 2017

Filed

Apr 13, 2018

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

1,061state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MedWatch LLC →

MedWatch, LLC notified the New Hampshire AG of a data event where a vendor misconfigured its online portal, exposing PHI and PII (names, DOB, SSN, health plan info) to search engines from Oct 20 to Dec 15, 2017. 1,061 NH residents affected. MedWatch secured the portal, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Incident timeline

undetected · 56 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Oct 20, 2017

Begins

Dec 15, 2017

Discovered

Apr 13, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_96d9e967c6ff0bed2018-04-13Candidate
HHS OCRbd_08fc39d162fe4afb2018-04-27 · +14dVerified

Name: MedWatch LLC
norm: medwatch
Domain: wp.urmedwatch.com

Name: MedWatch LLC
norm: medwatch
Domain: wp.urmedwatch.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 15, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2017 – Dec 15, 2017
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 13, 2018
Affected individuals: 1,061state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Secured the portal
Requested internet search engines to remove all cached data
Conducted an internal investigation
Engaged an external security firm to verify findings and assist with identifying the full extent of the information
Provided notice to all clients
Provided written notice to impacted individuals
Changes made: Enhanced security program, controls, and procedures
Re-educated staff and vendor on the proper handling of personal and protected health information
Offered complimentary access to one year of credit and identity monitoring services through ID Experts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 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

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGApr 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 13 · first · this page

HHS OCR+14d

Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (MT), last Apr 27 (FL) — a 14-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/medwatch-20180413.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2018
Raw hash: 0cc036fbcf5afb63410a10f35b8329db6a90663cfa49cd7dfc35672f7579ce19

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedWatch LLC

Victim entityMedWatch LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 15, 2017

Stated responseSecured the portal

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov