SOUTH CAROLINASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)CredentialsMediumContained

Roper St. Francis Healthcare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 19, 2018

Filed

Jan 29, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

35,253

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Roper St. Francis Healthcare →7 incidents on file

Roper St. Francis Healthcare reported to HHS on 2019-01-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 35253 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees followed phishing links and provided credentials, allowing unauthorized access to PHI.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Nov 19, 2018 → Notified Jan 29, 2019✓ HHS notified10 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Nov 15, 2018

Begins

Nov 19, 2018

Discovered

Jan 29, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 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

Illinois State AGbd_1da54bccbb0ed8a72019-01-01 · +28dVerified

Name: Roper St. Francis Healthcare
norm: roper st francis healthcare
Domain: rsfh.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Roper St. Francis Healthcare
norm: roper st francis healthcare
Domain: rsfh.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 19, 2018
Breach occurred: Nov 15, 2018 – Nov 19, 2018
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 29, 2019
Affected individuals: 35,253nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Credentials
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Forced a password reset on all affected users' email accounts
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented monthly audits on its email inboxes
Implemented multifactor authentication for access by external users
Changes made: Implemented monthly audits on its email inboxes
Implemented multifactor authentication for access by external users
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 19, 2018
→ Notified: Jan 29, 2019
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 19, 2018 → Notified: Jan 29, 2019	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+28d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 29 (SC) — a 28-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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Jan 29, 2019
Raw hash: acbc69bfabc826b1c46d282eafd0ffd8df13a13920601b2f54e606b4bd038636

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRoper St. Francis Healthcare

Victim entityRoper St. Francis Healthcare

Incidentdiscovered Nov 19, 2018

Stated responseForced a password reset on all affected users' email accounts

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing