FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

MedWatch LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 15, 2017

Filed

Apr 27, 2018

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

40,621

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for MedWatch LLC →

MedWatch LLC reported to HHS on 2018-04-27 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 40621 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. An IT subcontractor applied a misconfigured security patch to an online portal, exposing PHI including demographic and health insurance data.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late19 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 · 56 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Oct 20, 2017

Begins

Dec 15, 2017

Discovered

Apr 27, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_96d9e967c6ff0bed2018-04-13 · +14dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_ae0de430b488d5e12018-04-13 · +14dVerified

Name: MedWatch LLC
norm: medwatch
Domain: wp.urmedwatch.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: MedWatch LLC
norm: medwatch
Domain: wp.urmedwatch.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 15, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 20, 2017
Undetected for: 56 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 40,621nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1900 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via information technology subcontractorbusiness associate

During the incident: Restricted access to the portal
Requested that internet search engines remove all cached data
Notified its client covered entities
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Improved technical safeguards
Updated its policies
Retrained all staff and contractors on HIPAA Privacy and Security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 15, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 15, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 15, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 15, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGApr 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 13 · first

HHS OCR+14d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (MT), last Apr 27 (FL) — a 14-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://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 27, 2018
Raw hash: 57fb5ac91edff5fda4058ea2a87b6699456caea9665b59c6eb05cb60ce867ee4

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedWatch LLC

Victim entityMedWatch LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 15, 2017

Stated responseRestricted access to the portal

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing