HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)LowContained

COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 13, 2022

Filed

Jun 29, 2023

To disclose

37 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. →

Community Research Foundation (CRF) notified the California Attorney General of a data breach affecting protected health information (PHI). The incident occurred between October 6 and October 13, 2022, and was discovered on October 13, 2022. An unauthorized actor accessed files and data within CRF's systems. CRF engaged external cybersecurity experts, secured its environment, and offered 12 months of complimentary identity protection services via Experian to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Oct 13, 2022 → Notified Jun 29, 2023259d ✗ CA 60-day late37 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 37 weeks / 259 days

Oct 6, 2022

Begins

Oct 13, 2022

Discovered

Jun 29, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+25 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_89acd6c85baa9ce62022-11-16 · +225dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_04ccb7b8d369e6282023-06-29Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4c6082bd699bd1122023-06-29Verified by operator
HHS OCRbd_b03b7dc8312f0b352023-06-20 · +9dVerified

Name: COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: community research

Name: COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: community research
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 13, 2022
Breach occurred: Oct 6, 2022 – Oct 13, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 29, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to secure our digital environment
Engaged a dedicated team of external cybersecurity experts to assist us in responding to and investigating the incident
Launched a comprehensive review of all potentially affected information to identify the individuals and information involved
Offering complimentary access to Experian IdentityWorks for 12 months
Changes made: Implemented additional measures to further enhance the security of our environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 37 weeks(259 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 259dLeak >180d
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: Oct 13, 2022
→ Notified: Jun 29, 2023
259d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Oct 13, 2022 → Notified: Jun 29, 2023	259d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRJun 20 · first

Indiana State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

California State AG+9d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 20 (CA), last Jun 29 (CA) — a 9-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/sb24-568653
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 29, 2023
Raw hash: d240da95cb4e1d0bec2e8bd4f8f242e9664864dc9264525f34b5724076d6a2f5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Victim entityCOMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our digital environment

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov