HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountCredentialsMediumContained

East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2022

Filed

May 23, 2022

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc. →3 incidents on file

East Tennessee Children's Hospital (ETCH) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a cyber incident affecting approximately one New Hampshire resident. ETCH identified unusual network activity on March 13, 2022, and determined that unauthorized access occurred between March 11 and March 14, 2022. Affected data included names, Social Security numbers, and potentially other PII/PHI. ETCH secured systems, notified law enforcement and HHS, and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Mar 11, 2022

Begins

Mar 13, 2022

Discovered

May 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_d06ee4c3aa88af272022-05-19 · +4dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_d18fcd9cc4128a0c2022-05-19 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e1185702aff10b872022-05-19 · +4dVerified

Name: East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc.
norm: east tennessee children s hospital

Name: East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc.
norm: east tennessee children s hospital
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 11, 2022 – Mar 14, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 19, 2022
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProviding written notice to relevant state regulators

During the incident: Took steps to secure its systems
Commenced a comprehensive investigation into the incident
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Posted notice of this incident on its website
Made notice to the media in relevant jurisdictions
Providing written notice to those patients who have been identified
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Review and enhance its existing policies and procedures
Reviewing and strengthening existing policies, procedures, and safeguards related to cyber security
Taken additional steps to further enhance the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Montana State AGMay 19 · first

Maine State AGMay 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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/east-tennessee-childrens-20220523.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2022
Raw hash: 017a57704f09b8f4368a11b3a2600a704a1499ca1d3e64278c8577ce3730237a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEast Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc.

Victim entityEast Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov