Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 10, 2020

Filed

Jan 25, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

1,197state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Albert Einstein Healthcare Network →4 incidents on file

Einstein Healthcare Network notified the Washington AG of a phishing incident affecting 1,197 residents. Unauthorized access to employee email accounts occurred Aug 5-17, 2020. PHI, SSNs, and DOBs were potentially exposed. Notifications mailed Jan-Feb 2021.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d24 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 · 5 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 168 days

Aug 5, 2020

Begins

Aug 10, 2020

Discovered

Jan 25, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 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

California State AGbd_91059a29ec2ada092021-01-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_f3b57fa028fbc7e42021-01-21 · +4dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_346b1777fcc4dc9b2021-01-01 · +24dVerified

Name: BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP
norm: baker hostetler

Name: Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
norm: albert einstein healthcare network
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2020
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2020 – Aug 17, 2020
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 21, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,197state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email accounts
Engaged a computer forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Reviewed the contents of the email accounts to identify patient information
Established a dedicated, toll-free call center
Offering eligible individuals a complimentary membership to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Reinforced education with its staff regarding how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Making additional security enhancements to its email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(168 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: 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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+20d

California State AG+24d

Washington State AG+24d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 25 (WA) — a 24-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10395.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2021
Raw hash: 679530558f92e47ef0cc58bf3263888d8fe5a2f04b3e9f5614391b948a745d6f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

Victim entityAlbert Einstein Healthcare Network

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2020

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email accounts

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com