Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 9, 2016

Filed

May 26, 2017

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC. →3 incidents on file

AU Medical Center, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General that a phishing attack compromised medical faculty email accounts between Sept 7-9, 2016. The incident affected 1 NH resident, exposing PHI including name, SSN, DOB, and medical record numbers. Notification was sent May 26, 2017, offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 259 days

Sep 7, 2016

Begins

Sep 9, 2016

Discovered

May 26, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

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_eb79092ade2c98ae2017-05-26Verified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
norm: au medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 9, 2016
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2016 – Sep 9, 2016
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 26, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the impacted email accounts
Required password changes for the compromised accounts
Maintained heightened monitoring of the accounts
Commenced an investigation into the incident
Retained an independent computer forensic firm to analyze the extent of any compromise
Changes made: Offering a complimentary membership with a credit monitoring and identity theft protection service
Advised the resident to remain vigilant in reviewing financial account statements
Advised the resident about the process for placing a fraud alert on their credit files
Advised the resident about placing a security freeze
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Continually evaluating and modifying practices to enhance appropriate security and privacy measures
Ongoing cybersecurity awareness of their workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(259 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 OCRMay 26 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 26 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/au-medical-center-20170526.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 26, 2017
Raw hash: 4bc460ffe240fffe0f90775393419b27daa0f9876a0cd198f3a75e1d02653adb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityAU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 9, 2016

Stated responseDisabled the impacted email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov