HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2025

Filed

Feb 6, 2026

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION →2 incidents on file

Cottage Hospital notified consumers of a data breach where unauthorized access occurred between Oct 14-21, 2025. Compromised data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, bank account info, and PHI. The hospital engaged third-party experts, offered credit monitoring, and enhanced security measures.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 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 · 55 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Oct 14, 2025

Begins

Dec 8, 2025

Discovered

Feb 6, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_19e0e591936940d32026-02-06Verified
HHS OCRbd_d149bc707a8e105f2026-02-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_e21be11ad387c9732026-02-06Verified

Name: SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
norm: santa barbara cottage hospital

Name: SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
norm: santa barbara cottage hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2025
Breach occurred: Oct 14, 2025 – Oct 21, 2025
Undetected for: 55 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2026
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an investigation with assistance from third-party experts
Offering a [Extra2]-month membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit
Set up a dedicated incident response line
Changes made: Implement and evaluate enhanced safeguards and security measures
Continue to provide security training to our employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 6 · first

HHS OCRFeb 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 6 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 6 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2026-02-06-cottage-hospital-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2026
Raw hash: 2a4746d35cb2a137827bb4d54068399573b8232d8b3db3cdbb88d86294a122a4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Victim entitySANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2025

Stated responseBegan an investigation with assistance from third-party experts

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov