CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

AltaMed Health Services Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 31, 2018

Filed

Feb 15, 2019

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

6,000

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for AltaMed Health Services Corporation →9 incidents on file

AltaMed Health Services Corporation reported to HHS on 2019-02-15 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 6000 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a business associate, ShareCare Health Data Services, which disclosed a data security incident affecting patient PHI (clinical and demographic) on December 31, 2018. AltaMed notified HHS, individuals, and media, and revised its BA agreement.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time7 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 46 days

Dec 31, 2018

Begins

Dec 31, 2018

Discovered

Feb 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Part of Sharecare Health Data Services, LLC supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_9a11e96fb50bd9bf2019-02-15Candidate
Illinois State AGbd_dfd1d3e1f5225db62019-01-01 · +45dVerified

Name: AltaMed Health Services Corporation
norm: altamed health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: AltaMed Health Services Corporation
norm: altamed health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Dec 31, 2018
Breach occurred: Dec 31, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,000nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented these corrective action steps
Third party: via ShareCare Health Data Servicesbusiness associate

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media
Revised its BA agreement with the BA
Changes made: Implemented corrective action steps
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(46 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 31, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Dec 31, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 31, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Dec 31, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

California State AG+45d

HHS OCR+45d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 15 (CA) — a 45-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: Feb 15, 2019
Raw hash: a3cad94a9a326e702d80c11c6e000690ce452b7f4e341563b98e14f7aa4508f5

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAltaMed Health Services Corporation

Victim entityAltaMed Health Services Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Dec 31, 2018

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, the affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing