PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumContained

CareMeridian, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 23, 2017

Filed

Mar 20, 2018

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

966state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CareMeridian, LLC →

CareMeridian, LLC discovered on December 23, 2017, that an unencrypted disk sent by third-party software provider Bullpen Financial, Inc. was lost in the mail. The disk contained protected health information (PHI) and names of 953 California residents, and names and Social Security numbers of 13 California residents. CareMeridian engaged forensic experts, ceased business with the vendor, and provided credit monitoring to those with SSNs exposed. Notifications were sent in March 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 87 days

Dec 21, 2017

Begins

Dec 23, 2017

Discovered

Mar 20, 2018

Filed

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on median

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0ed8c4a9b105ca172018-03-21 · +1dVerified

Name: CareMeridian, LLC
norm: caremeridian

Name: CareMeridian, LLC
norm: caremeridian
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 23, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2018
Affected individuals: 966state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified the California Department of Public HealthNotified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Third party: via Bullpen Financial, Inc.

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Retained a forensics expert
Provided twelve months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity restoration services with Experian to individuals with exposed Social Security numbers
Established a dedicated number for impacted individuals
Provided information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Ceased doing business with the third-party software provider
Notified the California Department of Public Health
Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes made: Taking steps to enhance data security protections to protect against similar incidents in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(87 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGMar 20 · first · this page

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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/sb24-134637
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2018
Raw hash: a6ab7205681996fd7d6a6db2c49c94b38b2cde2474642a8d86b5f844c154b7f5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareMeridian, LLC

Victim entityCareMeridian, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 23, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov