CONNECTICUTSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

Starling Physicians

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 11, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

977

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Starling Physicians →4 incidents on file

Starling Physicians, P.C. reported to HHS on 2019-11-11 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 977 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Workforce members were victims of an email phishing scheme exposing ePHI including names, birthdates, addresses, driver's license numbers, SSNs, claims, and financial data. The entity provided credit monitoring and retrained staff.

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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

Nov 11, 2019

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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_4e35d49a5ec387ea2019-11-14 · +3dVerified

Name: Starling Physicians
norm: starling physicians
Domain: starlingphysicians.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Starling Physicians
norm: starling physicians
Domain: starlingphysicians.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 977nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the aforementioned corrective actions
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to all affected individuals
Provided a toll-free phone number for questions or concerns
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on the proper methods of identifying and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRNov 11 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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: Nov 11, 2019
Raw hash: 5efd6400b84a953a1e2e54a85e5be8f95f969a34660f4b5d2f54c1b475aa3ef6

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStarling Physicians

Victim entityStarling Physicians

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing