MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Airway Oxygen, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 18, 2017

Filed

May 30, 2017

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

19state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Airway Oxygen, Inc. →

Airway Oxygen, Inc. suffered a ransomware attack on April 18, 2017, affecting 19 New Hampshire residents. The malware encrypted data to deny access. Affected data included PHI such as names, addresses, birth dates, diagnoses, and insurance information. The company contained the incident, changed passwords, reviewed firewalls, and engaged a cybersecurity firm and the FBI for investigation.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Apr 18, 2017

Begins

Apr 18, 2017

Discovered

May 30, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

New Hampshire State AGbd_49cc002e9eab484b2017-06-02 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_17de9b603eb33b942017-06-06 · +7dVerified
Montana State AGbd_386bb6623dfb67752017-06-06 · +7dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_cd17130fccdccf362017-06-16 · +17dVerified

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Oregon State AGbd_e743f63b3ec415602017-06-16 · +17dVerified

Name: Airway Oxygen, Inc.
norm: airway oxygen

Name: Airway Oxygen, Inc.
norm: airway oxygen
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 18, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 18, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the FBI

During the incident: Scanning the entire internal system
Changing passwords for users, vendor accounts and applications
Conducting a firewall review
Updating and deploying security tools
Installing software to monitor and issue alerts as to suspicious firewall log activity
Reported the incident to the FBI
Hired a cybersecurity firm to assist in conducting an investigation
Changes made: Identifying further actions to reduce the risk of this situation recurring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 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 · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Washington State AG+7d

Montana State AG+7d

HHS OCR+17d

Oregon State AG+17d

Pattern: first filing May 30 (NH), last Jun 16 (OR) — a 17-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/airway-oxygen-20170530.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 30, 2017
Raw hash: e49a7ec57626913aa097ffc25555a1efd6db450b32d16bcbdf1429366afab16b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAirway Oxygen, Inc.

Victim entityAirway Oxygen, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 18, 2017

Stated responseScanning the entire internal system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov