MISSISSIPPIHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 6, 2018

Filed

Feb 15, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

30,642

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Memorial Hospital at Gulfport →3 incidents on file

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport reported to HHS on 2019-02-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 30642 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee responded to a phishing email, providing credentials. The attacker accessed 30,642 patient records (PHI, demographic, clinical). The entity secured the account, implemented MFA, and trained staff.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Dec 6, 2018 → Notified Feb 15, 2019✓ HHS notified10 weeks 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 · 2 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Dec 4, 2018

Begins

Dec 6, 2018

Discovered

Feb 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_c6e9daf3aeded44e2019-02-15Verified
Illinois State AGbd_f9efbce3493430842019-01-01 · +45dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_ff095e80dfdad70b2019-01-01 · +45dVerified

Name: Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
norm: memorial hospital at gulfport
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
norm: memorial hospital at gulfport
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 6, 2018
Breach occurred: Dec 4, 2018 – Dec 6, 2018
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 15, 2019
Affected individuals: 30,642nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSProvided breach notification to affected individualsProvided breach notification to the mediaOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Investigated the emails within the compromised account
Changes made: Implemented a multi-factor authentication requirement
Trained staff on phishing
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 6, 2018
→ Notified: Feb 15, 2019
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 6, 2018 → Notified: Feb 15, 2019	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+45d

HHS OCR+45d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 15 (MS) — a 45-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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Feb 15, 2019
Raw hash: 27dfc1e5e6773c9edeb26e6cbeae7910e9027f1e526073b365208c7b195585d3

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMemorial Hospital at Gulfport

Victim entityMemorial Hospital at Gulfport

Incidentdiscovered Dec 6, 2018

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing