HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)LowContained

Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 26, 2023

Filed

Apr 24, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute →5 incidents on file

Advarra, Inc, on behalf of Moffitt Cancer Center, notified patients and research participants of a data security incident where an unauthorized third party accessed a single employee account on October 25, 2023. The incident involved names of individuals. Advarra contained the incident on October 26, 2023, engaged cybersecurity experts, and offered 24 months of identity monitoring via Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 181 days

Oct 25, 2023

Begins

Oct 26, 2023

Discovered

Apr 24, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

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

Maine State AGbd_886545f84eec34612024-04-24Verified
HHS OCRbd_fd02b156fd9ca9e32024-04-24Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb26c5f989e4eb742024-04-25 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_e3098ae9273064662024-04-23 · +1dVerified

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Illinois State AGbd_159c7873c0158db42024-04-01 · +23dCandidate

Name: Advarra, Inc
norm: advarra
Domain: moffitt.org

Name: Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
norm: moffitt cancer center and research institute
Domain: moffitt.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 25, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 13, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcement officials
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disabled the affected account
Launched a comprehensive investigation
Assessed the security of our systems
Engaged cybersecurity experts
Confirmed containment of the incident
Notified federal law enforcement officials
Cooperating with law enforcement
Implemented additional measures to further strengthen our internal files system
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further strengthen our internal files system
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for 24 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(181 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGApr 1 · first

Vermont State AG+22d

Maine State AG+23d

HHS OCR+23d

Montana State AG+23d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+24d

Pattern: first filing Apr 1 (IL), last Apr 25 (MA) — a 24-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/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1306.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 24, 2024
Raw hash: 781b13987da47dce26223db21504d602f02819b80a51673d1a620ca500bd37b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvarra, Inc

Victim entityMoffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

Incidentdiscovered Oct 26, 2023

Stated responseDisabled the affected account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov