MisuseGovernmentHealthcareGovernmentData MishandlingCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighResolved

Washington Department of Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

Apr 26, 2019

Filed

Jun 3, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1,336state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Washington Department of Health →

Washington Department of Health notified the WA Attorney General on June 3, 2019, of an April 26, 2019 incident where an employee inadvertently emailed a presentation containing embedded PII to external recipients. 1,336 Washington residents were affected, with data including names, SSNs, medical info, and behavioral risk factors. The Department investigated, requested deletion, and offered 1-year credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 38 days

Apr 26, 2019

Discovered

Jun 3, 2019

Filed

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_293ff7208eb9bcdf2019-06-03Verified
Montana State AGbd_3e559713b359e8392019-06-03Candidate

Name: Washington Department of Health
norm: washington department of health

Name: Washington Department of Health
norm: washington department of health
Industry: GovernmentllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 26, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 3, 2019
Affected individuals: 1,336state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Office of the Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Began an investigation to determine who received the presentation
Requested that all external recipients delete the presentation and email
Providing notice via postal mail to the potentially affected individuals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing its measures around data handling in external-facing presentations
Reviewing its workforce training focused on data privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(38 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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Massachusetts State AGJun 3 · first

Montana State AGJun 3 · first

Washington State AGJun 3 · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10637.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2019
Raw hash: e38f7e2b8d5e02a7eec00a731ab6fcc2ddf19a9e06b5bd3ff6027daa4e47e7b9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington Department of Health

Victim entityWashington Department of Health

Incidentdiscovered Apr 26, 2019

Stated responseBegan an investigation to determine who received the presentation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com