HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Southwest Behavioral Health Center

bd_03483029fe43bcdb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2023

Filed

Nov 19, 2023

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Southwest Behavioral Health Center →3 incidents on file

Southwest Behavioral Health Center discovered a sophisticated cybersecurity attack on March 13, 2023. The incident potentially exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and limited medical/health record information for current and former clients, patients, and employees. The organization engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring services. No financial or credit card data was impacted.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 13, 2023 → Notified Nov 9, 2023241d ✗ CA 60-day late36 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 251 days

Mar 13, 2023

Begins

Mar 13, 2023

Discovered

Nov 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 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_0586cada478e96b82023-11-19Verified
Montana State AGbd_57a9c019676a5d102023-11-20 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_bf02f75cafda850d2023-11-20 · +1dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_f1a03a906bebc9f02023-11-13 · +6dVerified

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Vermont State AGbd_3c5607f0c36bda382023-11-09 · +10dCandidate

Name: Southwest Behavioral Health Center
norm: southwest behavioral health center
Domain: sbhc.us

Name: Southwest Behavioral Health Center
norm: southwest behavioral health center
Domain: sbhc.us
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 13, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our digital environment
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist with a forensic investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to help reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(251 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 241d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 13, 2023
→ Notified: Nov 9, 2023
241d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 13, 2023 → Notified: Nov 9, 2023	241d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Vermont State AGNov 9 · first

HHS OCR+4d

Maine State AG+10d

California State AG+10d · this page

Montana State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (VT), last Nov 20 (NH) — a 11-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-576762
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 19, 2023
Raw hash: 997fbeee6d01b5604e86d30d9a1f48e423ad13ef064432c00fe48e6b9dec2082

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Behavioral Health Center

Victim entitySouthwest Behavioral Health Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our digital environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov