MalwareHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 14, 2018

Filed

Jul 20, 2018

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Fairbanks North Star Borough notified individuals of a ransomware attack on its former EMS billing vendor, Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc. (GHAP). The attack occurred on April 14, 2018, compromising names, SSNs, DOBs, medical codes, and credit card info. GHAP engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and the Borough offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Apr 14, 2018

Begins

Apr 14, 2018

Discovered

Jul 20, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

HHS OCRbd_b3cd0067d408c1b82018-07-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c84517e141a6a7842018-07-19 · +1dVerified

Name: Fairbanks North Star Borough
norm: fairbanks north star borough

Name: Golden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc.
norm: golden heart administrative professionals
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Apr 14, 2018
Breach occurred: Apr 14, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Retained a third-party IT and forensics firm to investigate the incident
Notified law enforcement
Notified the three major credit agencies
Replaced the affected computer hardware
Installed updated computer software on its systems
Re-evaluating the security of its computer system
Providing updated training to its personnel
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Experian IdentityWorks SM Credit 3B
Changes made: Working with its technology service provider to mitigate any further damage
Increasing the security of its system to provide protection against future cyber-attacks
Replaced the affected computer hardware
Installed updated computer software on its systems
Re-evaluating the security of its computer system
Providing updated training to its personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 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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HHS OCRJul 19 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 19 · first

Montana State AG+1d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/The-Borough-GHAP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2018
Raw hash: 2f76f7d8f4a9b3ec5060910c8a0422695907a6c0591d557794f8f55ebd6a3c75

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFairbanks North Star Borough

Victim entityGolden Heart Administrative Professionals, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 14, 2018

Stated responseRetained a third-party IT and forensics firm to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov