FLORIDAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 22, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

98,808

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Meridian Behavioral Healthcare →

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. reported to HHS on 2023-12-22 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 98,808 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and treatment info. The entity offered credit monitoring and implemented additional safeguards.

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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

Dec 22, 2023

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 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_00960676084cc3162023-12-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_09023d66da863c092023-12-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_dc7c9d7a4c2771df2023-12-22Verified

Name: Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
norm: meridian behavioral healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
norm: meridian behavioral healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 98,808nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGDec 22 · first

Montana State AGDec 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 22 · first

HHS OCRDec 22 · 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://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: Dec 22, 2023
Raw hash: 966ef4a20e7841f60f7383745acc57dae9c1aa79e0dcd78125fd7cdda7733a4e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeridian Behavioral Healthcare

Victim entityMeridian Behavioral Healthcare

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing