MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumActive

Episcopal Retirement Services Foundation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 24, 2021

Filed

Nov 19, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Episcopal Retirement Services Foundation →

Episcopal Retirement Services notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack discovered on September 24, 2021. The incident potentially exposed PHI including names, SSNs, DOBs, and medical diagnoses. The company engaged third-party experts, contacted the FBI, and offered one year of credit monitoring. Investigation was ongoing as of the November 19, 2021 notification.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 24, 2021

Begins

Sep 24, 2021

Discovered

Nov 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_70657039522006c82021-11-19Verified
HHS OCRbd_6337b88b3bea0da52021-11-18 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cf0c1c3816b7d7f72021-11-18 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_dd970ac7a489825c2021-11-18 · +1dVerified

Name: Episcopal Retirement Services Foundation
norm: episcopal retirement
Domain: episcopalretirement.com

Name: Episcopal Retirement Services Foundation
norm: episcopal retirement
Domain: episcopalretirement.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 24, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
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: Contacted the FBI

During the incident: Engaged independent third-party cybersecurity experts to assist in the remediation and investigation
Contacted the FBI
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring for 1 year
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to our existing cybersecurity infrastructure
Enhancing our employee cybersecurity training
Working with external legal and cybersecurity experts to improve cybersecurity policies, procedures, and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRNov 18 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 18 · first

Maine State AGNov 18 · first

Indiana State AG+1d

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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-95.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2021
Raw hash: 75accdf2d1f811a313c5540439f4e00b3ef7db44d27a9dbe7b381752d4f2b1f4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEpiscopal Retirement Services Foundation

Victim entityEpiscopal Retirement Services Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2021

Stated responseEngaged independent third-party cybersecurity experts to assist in the remediation and investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov