MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedRansom PaidCustomer Data InvolvedFinancialHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIMediumContained

INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 10, 2020

Filed

Sep 9, 2020

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

2,470state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION →6 incidents on file

Inova Health System notified Washington AG of a third-party ransomware attack on Blackbaud (Feb-May 2020). Inova determined on Aug 10, 2020 that patient/donor PII (names, DOB, contact info, giving history) was accessed. 2,470 WA residents affected. Ransom paid by Blackbaud for data destruction. Inova engaged forensic experts and notified residents.

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Washington clock✓ WA AG ≤30d4 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 185 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 30 days

Feb 7, 2020

Begins

Aug 10, 2020

Discovered

Sep 9, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Part of BLACKBAUD, INC. supply-chain incident (2020) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_cf1753ab447b52542020-09-09Verified
California State AGbd_4cea0b8a1367835a2020-09-15 · +6dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_c39af1065b9670912020-09-22 · +13dVerified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: INOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION
norm: inova health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 10, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 7, 2020 – May 20, 2020
Undetected for: 185 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,470state-resident count only
Data types: FinancialHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 100-199dexposure 100-199d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Consumer Protection Division
Third party: via Blackbaud
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents
Provided written notification to affected residents commencing on or about September 9, 2020
Advised affected residents about placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on credit files
Provided contact information for consumer reporting agencies and the Federal Trade Commission
Provided steps to safeguard against medical identity theft
Changes made: Blackbaud closed the vulnerability that allowed the incident to occur
Blackbaud enhancing security controls
Conducting ongoing efforts against incidents like this in the future
Inova will continually evaluate and modify its practices and those of its third-party service providers to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(30 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG ≤30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRSep 9 · first

Washington State AGSep 9 · first · this page

California State AG+6d

Oregon State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing Sep 9 (VA), last Sep 22 (OR) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/BreachM10302.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 9, 2020
Raw hash: a747db2a73aad65e2d6f2ec2672e185b19a4f0b471d89e89483b2bea7e637390

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityINOVA HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION

Incidentdiscovered Aug 10, 2020

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity professionals experienced in handling these types of incidents

ComplianceWA AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com