MalwareHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedPHIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Direct Scripts

bd_e82d53d6b7c0ccd6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 30, 2019

Filed

Feb 22, 2019

To disclose

23 days

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Direct Scripts →

Direct Scripts notified Montana residents of a ransomware attack on January 30, 2019, that encrypted a server storing patient records. Potentially affected data included names, addresses, and prescription information (PHI). No SSN or credit card data was stored on the server. The company engaged forensic investigators and provided identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 23 days

Jan 30, 2019

Discovered

Feb 22, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_e65e13dc09abc6012019-02-22Verified
HHS OCRbd_673e0645e872913e2019-03-06 · +12dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_6fee2b723be32d612019-01-01 · +52dVerified

Name: Direct Scripts
norm: direct scripts

Name: Direct Scripts
norm: direct scripts
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 30, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 19, 2019
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Engaged an independent forensics firm to assist in determining what happened
Providing you with Automatic Identity Protection that includes $25,000 of identity insurance and unlimited access to Identity Fraud, Inc. fraud resolution specialists
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 23 days(23 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

New Hampshire State AG+52d

Montana State AG+52d · this page

HHS OCR+64d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 6 (OH) — a 64-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Direct-Scripts-Consumer-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 22, 2019
Raw hash: fa878498be1cfa34234d46f66183f04876a32fddde8666c35cf68e5b87dd8bb0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDirect Scripts

Victim entityDirect Scripts

Incidentdiscovered Jan 30, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov