HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)HighActive

COVENANT HEALTH

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 10, 2025

Filed

Jan 2, 2026

To disclose

23 days

Affected

1,338state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for COVENANT HEALTH →2 incidents on file

Covenant Health, Inc. notified South Carolina AG of a data breach where an unauthorized party accessed patient IT systems starting May 18, 2025. Incident discovered Dec 10, 2025. Affected data includes names, SSNs, DOBs, medical record numbers, and PHI. Covenant engaged forensic specialists, enhanced IT security, and offered 1-year Experian IdentityWorks.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d23 days 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 · 206 days

discovery → filing · 23 days

May 18, 2025

Begins

Dec 10, 2025

Discovered

Jan 2, 2026

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,338 affectedView incident

A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 222 days.View originating leak claim

Name: COVENANT HEALTH
norm: covenant health
Domain: covenanthealth.net

Name: COVENANT HEALTH
norm: covenant health
Domain: covenanthealth.net
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 10, 2025
Breach occurred: May 18, 2025
Undetected for: 206 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,338state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice to federal law enforcement and appropriate agencies
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged industry-leading third-party information technology and forensic specialists to conduct a thorough investigation
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of our systems
Restored functionality to our environment
Enhanced the security of our IT environment
Provided notice to federal law enforcement and appropriate agencies
Offered a complimentary one-year membership to Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Enhanced the security of our IT environment to help prevent something like this from happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dSC CRA notice due
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.

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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2026/Consumer%20Letter%20-%20Covenant%20Health%2C%20Inc..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 2, 2026
Raw hash: ec12df3252dac7963cea9b8ca316f6a8610d01493e560284f557dade89c146a6

Reporting entityCOVENANT HEALTH

Victim entityCOVENANT HEALTH

Incidentdiscovered Dec 10, 2025

Stated responseEngaged industry-leading third-party information technology and forensic specialists to conduct a thorough investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov