HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumResolved

Central Ohio Urology Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 22, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Central Ohio Urology Group →2 incidents on file

Central Ohio Urology Group (COUG) notified individuals of a data incident where an unauthorized individual posted files containing patient and employee PII (including SSNs, medical info, and driver's licenses) to an online drive on August 2, 2016. COUG engaged law enforcement and forensic investigators, removed the files, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Aug 2, 2016

Begins

Sep 22, 2016

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7a8d528861b7666c2016-09-22Verified
HHS OCRbd_990dddefc2871bb62016-09-23 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_1d109ac36a2d4e9c2016-09-26 · +4dVerified

Name: Central Ohio Urology Group
norm: central ohio urology

Name: Central Ohio Urology Group
norm: central ohio urology
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 2, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2016
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Contacted state and federal law enforcement
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted state and federal law enforcement
Had the files and documents removed from the online drive within hours
Retained a computer forensics firm to assist in investigating our systems
Reviewed the posted files and documents to determine who was affected and the types of information put online
Installed network monitoring software
Implemented a new firewall
Added access restrictions
Began updating system protections
Changes made: Implemented a new firewall
Added access restrictions
Began updating system protections
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 22 · first

Montana State AGSep 22 · first · this page

HHS OCR+1d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/Central-Ohio-Urology-Group-COUG.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2016
Raw hash: d33f15d54fd4809c177e75f729db6be9a6a3d4e4a3ce5034dcdc1c5a7279815e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCentral Ohio Urology Group

Victim entityCentral Ohio Urology Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseContacted state and federal law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov