CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighContained

Brightline

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 7, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

199,753

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Brightline →

Brightline, Inc. reported to HHS on 2023-04-07 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 199,753 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate's third-party provider was the victim of a cyber-attack. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, member/group IDs, and gender. The BA provided complimentary credit monitoring and implemented additional security safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 7, 2023

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 26 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_5ea7d3fbb2a5464a2023-04-19 · +12dVerified
HHS OCRbd_a0176e4142b0a3702023-04-20 · +13dVerified
California State AGbd_a1b16fb406ed3ce92023-04-21 · +14dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_163db05cc4cb89582023-05-02 · +25dVerified by operator

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California State AGbd_0868c3f9cf5006022023-05-10 · +33dVerified
HHS OCRbd_4c63e3855981b1222023-05-10 · +33dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b69375073a6e96d42023-05-10 · +33dVerified
California State AGbd_d59ed55c5ee4770a2023-05-12 · +35dVerified
California State AGbd_bf99fc2a4df4a34d2023-05-17 · +40dVerified
HHS OCRbd_f567c60a6fd57cc42023-05-26 · +49dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 199,753nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided the BA with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules
Third party: via Brightline, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Provided substitute notice to the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional security and technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional security and technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRApr 7 · first · this page

Vermont State AG+12d

HHS OCR+13d

California State AG+14d

Oregon State AG+25d

California State AG+33d

HHS OCR+33d

Maine State AG+33d

California State AG+35d

California State AG+40d

HHS OCR+49d

Pattern: first filing Apr 7 (CA), last May 26 (CA) — a 49-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 25 — the full spread may be wider.

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2023
Raw hash: c30c0f99c616a8dc68530dd1806c2a8b79015f52dc9906f27829af152d4fe512

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline

Victim entityBrightline

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing