HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Brightline, Inc.

bd_19914189b0b36681 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2023

Filed

Apr 19, 2023

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Brightline, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Brightline, Inc. notified individuals of a data breach involving its third-party file transfer provider, Fortra. An unauthorized party exploited a vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT service on Jan 30, 2023, to access files containing demographic PII (name, address, DOB, member ID). Brightline was notified on Feb 4, 2023, and sent notices on Apr 7, 2023. No PHI or SSNs were involved. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Jan 30, 2023

Begins

Feb 4, 2023

Discovered

Apr 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Idaho State AGbd_532b57f7fd2eedfb2023-05-30 · +41dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_c10a34ae59efcae42023-01-01 · +108dCandidate

Name: Brightline, Inc.
norm: brightline
Domain: gobrightline.com

Name: Brightline, Inc.
norm: brightline
Domain: gobrightline.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Fortra promptly notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Third party: via Fortra
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Fortra deactivated the unauthorized user’s credentials
Turned off the service and rebuilt Brightline’s version
Limiting ongoing access to verified users
Removing all Brightline data from the service
Retained cyber counsel to assist with our investigation
Secured the services of Cyberscout to provide identity theft restoration and credit monitoring services
Changes made: Continuing ongoing measures to reduce data exposure until an alternative file transfer solution is identified and implemented
Enhance our cybersecurity program to further safeguard from cyber threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

South Carolina State AG+108d · this page

Idaho State AG+149d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last May 30 (ID) — a 149-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2023/BrightlineInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 19, 2023
Raw hash: 42b33d74c7ef1cc58cbf9bc9b212d86b86c2ecb49d79082652c9e82a385b260e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline, Inc.

Victim entityBrightline, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2023

Stated responseFortra deactivated the unauthorized user’s credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov