Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)LowContained

University of Minnesota Physicians

bd_fbc943933d7fe487 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 31, 2020

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

43 weeks

Affected

199state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for University of Minnesota Physicians →3 incidents on file

University of Minnesota Physicians notified Montana residents of a phishing incident where attackers fraudulently accessed two employee email accounts between Jan 30 and Feb 4, 2020. The emails contained PHI and PII of patients, including minors. UMPhysicians secured accounts, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 43 weeks / 299 days

Jan 30, 2020

Begins

Jan 31, 2020

Discovered

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_9c24cd515acb8e732020-11-25Verified
Illinois State AGbd_b82836e6bbb094fb2020-01-01 · +329dCandidate

Name: University of Minnesota Physicians
norm: university of minnesota physicians
Domain: mphysicians.org

Name: University of Minnesota Physicians
norm: university of minnesota physicians
Domain: mphysicians.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2020 – Feb 4, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 199state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified state and federal regulators
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the affected email accounts
Engaged third-party computer forensic investigators
Performed a comprehensive review of all information stored in the email accounts
Notified state and federal regulators
Changes made: Conducted refresher training for personnel related to best practices in identifying phishing attempts
Implemented restrictions on email retention
Purchased additional technology for enhanced detection and prevention of phishing emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 43 weeks(299 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+329d

Montana State AG+329d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Nov 25 (MT) — a 329-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/umpSamp.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 25, 2020
Raw hash: 78e1bf4c2ce06c56cfecb24740d44771b755da58a748fba713499246871a75c6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUniversity of Minnesota Physicians

Victim entityUniversity of Minnesota Physicians

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2020

Stated responseSecured the affected email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov