PhysicalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 4, 2013

Filed

Dec 6, 2013

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

704state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Horizon Healthcare Services Inc. →4 incidents on file

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) notified the NH AG that two unencrypted laptops were stolen from its Newark headquarters between Nov 1-3, 2013. Discovered Nov 4, 2013. Laptops contained member PII (SSN, DOB, address) and limited clinical info. 704 NH residents notified. Horizon offered 1 year of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Nov 1, 2013

Begins

Nov 4, 2013

Discovered

Dec 6, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_e9732e346d55ef392013-12-06Candidate

Name: Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: horizon healthcare

Name: Horizon Healthcare Services Inc.
norm: horizon healthcare
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 4, 2013
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2013 – Nov 3, 2013
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 6, 2013
Affected individuals: 704state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire

During the incident: Notified the Newark Police Department
Began a thorough internal investigation
Engaged outside computer forensic experts
Working with law enforcement
Began notifying members affected by the incident
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Providing call center support for those affected
Changes made: Strengthening its encryption processes
Enhancing its policies, procedures and staff education regarding the safeguarding of company property and member information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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 AGDec 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 6 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/horizon-healthcare-20131206.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 6, 2013
Raw hash: c1a55d88628c799ce579692cdc4e5f340b47454a94c253022db90d860bfd73ad

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHorizon Healthcare Services Inc.

Victim entityHorizon Healthcare Services Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 4, 2013

Stated responseNotified the Newark Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov