HackingHealthcareHealthcareTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Weirton Medical Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 18, 2024

Filed

Mar 18, 2024

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Weirton Medical Center →

Weirton Medical Center notified consumers of a data breach where an unknown actor accessed network systems between Jan 14-18, 2024. Patient information was accessed. The incident was reported to HHS and law enforcement. Credit monitoring offered. Rhode Island resident count explicitly stated as 2.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday9 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 · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Jan 14, 2024

Begins

Jan 18, 2024

Discovered

Mar 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5950138fad9624652024-03-18Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c699b2812ddf97dd2024-03-18Verified
HHS OCRbd_c750b02f74e7035c2024-03-18Verified

Name: Weirton Medical Center
norm: weirton medical center

Name: Weirton Medical Center
norm: weirton medical center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 18, 2024
Breach occurred: Jan 14, 2024 – Jan 18, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Mar 18, 2024
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2024
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to federal law enforcement and applicable regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Took steps to secure our systems
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the event with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Reported this incident to federal law enforcement and applicable regulators, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services for [Extra3] months through Experian
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further protect against similar incidents occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first

HHS OCRMar 18 · first

Vermont State AGMar 18 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-03-18-weirton-medical-center-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2024
Raw hash: 9cca306acfe22c7f9b5a47043865f3c8bf39a35b4f59c94427021f93ddc36473

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWeirton Medical Center

Victim entityWeirton Medical Center

Incidentdiscovered Jan 18, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our systems

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov