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Montefiore Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 15, 2015

Filed

Jun 18, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Montefiore Health System →

Montefiore Health System notified patients that an employee stole personal information from the electronic medical record system between January 2013 and June 2013. The theft was discovered on May 15, 2015, when law enforcement informed Montefiore. Stolen data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, next of kin, and health insurance information. The employee was arrested and fired. Montefiore implemented additional security safeguards and is providing identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 864 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Jan 1, 2013

Begins

May 15, 2015

Discovered

Jun 18, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_dc78159fb87a483c2015-06-21 · +3dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_e46657d08ec969bb2015-06-22 · +4dCandidate

Name: Montefiore Health System
norm: montefiore health system

Name: Montefiore Health System
norm: montefiore health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 15, 2015
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2013 – Jun 30, 2013
Undetected for: 864 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with the police and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Immediately implemented additional safeguards to strengthen the security of our systems
Fully cooperating with the police and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to support their criminal prosecution
Providing identity theft protection services at no cost to you through ID Experts
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to strengthen the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 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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California State AGJun 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

South Carolina 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-56456
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 18, 2015
Raw hash: cd631ba97fc3685cd488f772d52b532ade33fb7631539f828dfa997823f19ec7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMontefiore Health System

Victim entityMontefiore Health System

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2015

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov