HackingHealthcareHealthcarePIIIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Howard Memorial Hospital

bd_fa243c6a3cd164b3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 13, 2023

Filed

Jan 27, 2023

To disclose

14 days

Affected · nationwide

54,4302 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

75%

Full breach record for Howard Memorial Hospital →3 incidents on file

Howard Memorial Hospital reported a data breach to the Maine Attorney General, indicating an external system breach (hacking) occurred on November 14, 2022. The incident was discovered on January 13, 2023, and affected 2 Maine residents. The compromised data included names and Social Security Numbers. The hospital offered 12 months of identity protection and credit monitoring services to those affected.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 13, 2023 → Filed with AG Jan 27, 202314d ✓ ME AG ≤30d14 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 60 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Nov 14, 2022

Begins

Jan 13, 2023

Discovered

Jan 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1c61459d54bd7d762023-01-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_27d25d1e51008ed32023-01-27Verified
Montana State AGbd_28c19f6e56f119402023-01-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_32695660b370b03b2023-01-27Verified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_644ff764bcb89bf52023-02-02 · +6dVerified

Name: Howard Memorial Hospital
norm: howard memorial hospital
Domain: howardmemorial.com

Name: Howard Memorial Hospital
norm: howard memorial hospital
Domain: howardmemorial.com
Industry: Healthcare
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Nov 14, 2022
Undetected for: 60 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 27, 2023
Affected individuals: 54,430state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

Changes made: Offered 12 months of identity protection and credit monitoring services from Sontiq, a TransUnion company.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 14d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 13, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jan 27, 2023
14d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 13, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jan 27, 2023	14d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGJan 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGJan 27 · first

Montana State AGJan 27 · first

HHS OCRJan 27 · first

Maine State AGJan 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Jan 27 (VT), last Feb 2 (NH) — a 6-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.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/bb145848-5601-42ec-97d7-a0ebb4ed227a.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 27, 2023
Raw hash: 1675db710fddf983393710ef91eaede4f280c68327f64c9a35a7af1e20468938

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHoward Memorial Hospital

Victim entityHoward Memorial Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Jan 13, 2023

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity protection and credit monitoring services from Sontiq, a TransUnion company.

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov