HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

CHOICE Health Network

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 14, 2022

Filed

Oct 10, 2022

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

1,212state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

61%

Full breach record for CHOICE Health Network →

Choice Health experienced a data breach on May 7, 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed a database via the internet due to a third-party service provider's security configuration issue. The incident was discovered on May 14, 2022. Compromised data included names, addresses, SSNs, medical history, and health plan IDs. Choice Health reconfigured security settings, disabled internet access to the database, and implemented MFA. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due21 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

May 7, 2022

Begins

May 14, 2022

Discovered

Oct 10, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2d82a9a07f6f35e22022-09-21 · +19dCandidate

Name: CHOICE Health Network
norm: choice health network
Domain: choice-health.org

Name: CHOICE Health Network
norm: choice health network
Domain: choice-health.org
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 14, 2022
Breach occurred: May 7, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 10, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,212state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Worked with our third-party service provider to reconfigure the security settings on the database
Confirmed that the database is no longer accessible through the Internet
Taken steps to enhance our data security measures to prevent the occurrence of a similar event in the future
Requiring multi-factor authentication for all access to database files
Offering you a complimentary 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Requiring multi-factor authentication for all access to database files
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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California State AGSep 21 · first

South Carolina State AG+19d · this page

Pattern: first filing Sep 21 (CA), last Oct 10 (SC) — a 19-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/2022/UnitedHealthcare.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 10, 2022
Raw hash: d6e15006022560a24157345407baf2af53d31474156b5250b636a252a645a923

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHOICE Health Network

Victim entityCHOICE Health Network

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2022

Stated responseWorked with our third-party service provider to reconfigure the security settings on the database

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov