Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Piedmont Cancer Institute, P.C.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 10, 2020

Filed

Sep 15, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Piedmont Cancer Institute, P.C. →3 incidents on file

Piedmont Cancer Institute notified Montana residents of a security incident where an unauthorized individual accessed an employee email account between April 5 and May 8, 2020. The investigation concluded on August 10, 2020, revealing that personal and protected health information was compromised. The institute engaged outside cybersecurity professionals and implemented multi-factor authentication and security training.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 127 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Apr 5, 2020

Begins

Aug 10, 2020

Discovered

Sep 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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_7a96ecedf412c8d62020-09-15Verified

Name: Piedmont Cancer Institute, P.C.
norm: piedmont cancer institute

Name: Piedmont Cancer Institute, P.C.
norm: piedmont cancer institute
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 5, 2020 – May 8, 2020
Undetected for: 127 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals
Set up a dedicated and confidential toll-free response line
Changes made: Implementing multi-factor authentication across our email environment
Conducted additional security awareness training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRSep 15 · first

Montana State AGSep 15 · 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/Piedmont-Notification.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2020
Raw hash: 686ffb48c5e6261f49eb0e0fc4f22508dd332fba5d2c53e07e0eb35eb651aa7e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPiedmont Cancer Institute, P.C.

Victim entityPiedmont Cancer Institute, P.C.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation in consultation with outside cybersecurity professionals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov