AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumResolved

THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 20, 2019

Filed

Aug 20, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION →2 incidents on file

Cleveland Clinic Foundation reported the loss of an encrypted external hard drive containing patient PII (names, SSNs, DOBs) and limited PHI. The drive was lost by an employee on or after May 23, 2019. One New Hampshire resident was notified on August 19, 2019, and offered one year of credit monitoring. No evidence of improper access was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 28 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 23, 2019

Begins

Jun 20, 2019

Discovered

Aug 20, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_193acf6b6eda963d2019-08-19 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_bbf1e7d900ef5e0d2019-08-19 · +1dVerified

Name: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
norm: the cleveland clinic
Domain: my.clevelandclinic.org

Name: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION
norm: the cleveland clinic
Domain: my.clevelandclinic.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 20, 2019
Breach occurred: May 23, 2019
Undetected for: 28 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Provided notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General in compliance with NH Rev. Stat. §359-C:20 (2015)

During the incident: Mailed a letter to the affected New Hampshire resident
Offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Reviewing existing training and policies to identify any additional opportunity to improve security practices
Changes made: Reviewing existing training and policies to identify any additional opportunity to improve security practices
Reinforcing Cleveland Clinic's policies and standards through additional training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 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 AGAug 19 · first

HHS OCRAug 19 · first

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/cleveland-clinic-foundation-20190820.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 20, 2019
Raw hash: 618894e0f4ec15486ecb4caa50c64bf20bfe34c54364eea9d7f676533675fe01

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

Victim entityTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered Jun 20, 2019

Stated responseMailed a letter to the affected New Hampshire resident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov