HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Ernest Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2019

Filed

Apr 15, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ernest Health →3 incidents on file

Ernest Health notified Montana residents of unauthorized access to employee email accounts in October 2018, discovered March 13, 2019. Compromised data included names, DOBs, SSNs, bank info, and driver's licenses. No misuse indicated. Experian IdentityWorks offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 163 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Oct 1, 2018

Begins

Mar 13, 2019

Discovered

Apr 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_3494c8f53109e1752019-04-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Ernest Health
norm: ernest health
Domain: ernesthealth.com

Name: Ernest Health
norm: ernest health
Domain: ernesthealth.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 1, 2018
Undetected for: 163 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 15, 2019
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Hired a leading third-party forensic firm to investigate potential unauthorized access
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Emphasizing email security through staff education
Reviewing email security procedures
Changes made: Emphasizing email security through staff education
Reviewing email security procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGApr 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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/OCP/CON-2019.04.15-MT-AG-Notice-Ernest.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2019
Raw hash: 98cb6f37e7b3b47d07662de0c4b21633e82892804cec02ee7407ef1238dbdcdd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityErnest Health

Victim entityErnest Health

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2019

Stated responseHired a leading third-party forensic firm to investigate potential unauthorized access

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov