HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Postmeds, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 31, 2023

Filed

Jan 17, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Postmeds, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Postmeds, Inc. notified Vermont AG of a cybersecurity incident discovered August 31, 2023. A bad actor accessed files containing names, SSNs, and prescription data between Aug 30 and Sep 1, 2023. Postmeds engaged cybersecurity professionals, secured the environment, and provided one year of credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday20 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Aug 30, 2023

Begins

Aug 31, 2023

Discovered

Jan 17, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5a7b739ab24db6492024-01-18 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_cc30f060acac4baf2024-01-18 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_88b5f8421795a0192023-10-30 · +79dVerified
Montana State AGbd_8c3ca42ce890db772023-10-30 · +79dVerified

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California State AGbd_b727b31473a158752023-10-30 · +79dVerified
Washington State AGbd_c1180337de38fb7b2023-10-30 · +79dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_ffc5b8f5041d0d7c2023-10-30 · +79dVerified

Name: Postmeds, Inc.
norm: postmeds

Name: Postmeds, Inc.
norm: postmeds
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 31, 2023
Breach occurred: Aug 30, 2023 – Sep 1, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jan 17, 2024
Notification sent: Jan 17, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Vermont Attorney General

During the incident: Launched an investigation with assistance from cybersecurity professionals
Worked quickly to secure our environment
Arranged for you to receive one year of access to Equifax Credit WatchTM Gold
Changes made: Enhancing our security protocols and technical safeguards
Increasing awareness of cybersecurity threats through additional employee training
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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HHS OCROct 30 · first

Montana State AGOct 30 · first

California State AGOct 30 · first

Washington State AGOct 30 · first

Oregon State AGOct 30 · first

Vermont State AG+79d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+80d

New Hampshire State AG+80d

Pattern: first filing Oct 30 (CA), last Jan 18 (NH) — a 80-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-01-17-postmeds-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 17, 2024
Raw hash: 597f6abdf2059b6d6e28beda7a0c35f7f55a306b27d1ab5c2060c78b0a078126

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPostmeds, Inc.

Victim entityPostmeds, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 31, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with assistance from cybersecurity professionals

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov