GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 26, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

5,600

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC. →3 incidents on file

On September 7, 2016, a cyber-attacker sent a phishing email to Augusta University Medical Center, Inc. (GA) and obtained employee usernames and passwords. The attacker accessed a self-service portal to redirect employee paychecks. PHI of 4,690 individuals was exposed, including addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, insurance, prescription and treatment information, and, for some, Social Security numbers. HHS breach submission filed 2017-05-26; 5,600 individuals listed as affected. Breached information located in Email.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

Sep 7, 2016

Begins

May 26, 2017

Filed

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_c7902198c37352f12017-05-26Verified

Name: AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
norm: au medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: AU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.
norm: au medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Sep 7, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 5,600nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — breach notification submitted; OCR confirmed corrective actions implemented
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Changed compromised user passwords and closed affected email accounts
Issued security alert for all staff to immediately change passwords
Implemented two-factor authentication for remote connections
Deployed e-mail subject tagging system
Deployed log collection and correlation tool
Provided additional training on spotting phishing emails
Deployed automated quarantine of suspicious email messages
Corrected software to identify suspicious internet addresses more quickly
Established dedicated call center for affected individuals
Provided one year of free credit monitoring for all affected individuals
Changes made: Two-factor authentication implemented for remote access
Email security controls enhanced (tagging, quarantine, address filtering)
Staff phishing awareness training delivered
Password hygiene enforced organization-wide
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 26 · first

HHS OCRMay 26 · first · this page

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: May 26, 2017
Raw hash: f55cc31aea06e57bf0a4a4a99a8c2f18c5a4d4c3261bc43df8b7ad751f3bb390

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Victim entityAU MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseChanged compromised user passwords and closed affected email accounts

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing