AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

ATHENAHEALTH, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 16, 2024

Filed

Nov 15, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ATHENAHEALTH, INC. →

athenahealth, Inc. notified the Idaho Attorney General on November 15, 2024, of a cybersecurity incident affecting one Idaho resident. The incident involved the inadvertent upload of Eligibility Transaction Files to a publicly accessible internet repository due to a manual configuration error by an employee. The files contained demographic and clinical data (names, addresses, DOB, provider info) but no financial or SSN data. athenahealth removed the files, investigated, and provided 12 months of Experian IdentityWorks to the affected individual.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 166 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Apr 3, 2024

Begins

Sep 16, 2024

Discovered

Nov 15, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4578d2cfe6b206432024-11-15Verified
HHS OCRbd_835a237069fb82112024-11-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_8ba652ba3e10c74b2024-11-15Verified
Indiana State AGbd_dda00b7398f09ba52024-11-15Verified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_0ce80a8b77ec1d4a2024-11-16 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_47ff2c4a38b2128f2024-11-01 · +14dVerified

Name: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
norm: mcdermott will & emery
Domain: mcdermottlaw.com

Name: ATHENAHEALTH, INC.
norm: athenahealth
Domain: athenahealth.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Sep 16, 2024
Breach occurred: Apr 3, 2024 – Sep 16, 2024
Undetected for: 166 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 15, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1535 Unauthorized Access to Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights of this incident on November 15, 2024

During the incident: Removed the Eligibility Transaction Files from the repository on the same day it learned of this issue
Began an investigation into how this situation occurred
Provided complimentary access to identity protection services through Experian to affected individuals
Provided additional information about the process for placing fraud alerts and/or security freezes on their credit cards and obtaining free credit reports
Changes made: Evaluated additional safeguards, workflows, and process improvements
Imposed corrective action on the employee responsible for the unauthorized disclosure
Provided additional training to the employee on the importance of information security and protecting the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information
Continues to evaluate opportunities to enhance its information security capabilities and protocols
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGNov 1 · first

Montana State AG+14d

HHS OCR+14d

New Hampshire State AG+14d

Indiana State AG+14d

Idaho State AG+14d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Nov 1 (IL), last Nov 16 (MA) — a 15-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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2024/11/11-15-2024-athenahealth-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 15, 2024
Raw hash: 2648dcf359f274bfbac0ab9bb54d5701e86679638572526cabfe0f2754f34557

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcDermott Will & Emery LLP

Victim entityATHENAHEALTH, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 16, 2024

Stated responseRemoved the Eligibility Transaction Files from the repository on the same day it learned of this issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov