MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Morley Companies, Incorporated

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 27, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

2,234state residents only

Linked

15 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Morley Companies, Incorporated →2 incidents on file

Morley Companies, Inc., a health plan data processor, experienced a ransomware incident beginning August 1, 2021. Ransomware malware prevented access to files and unauthorized access occurred to files containing personal information, including Social Security numbers. The company engaged forensic specialists and confirmed involvement of affected individuals on January 18, 2022. No financial information was involved. The company is offering 24 months of credit and identity monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Incident timeline

Aug 1, 2021

Begins

Jan 27, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 15 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0e5c0f27525f38df2022-01-26 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_1f725c594085ad562022-01-26 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_1a3787d24bb59c4e2022-02-01 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_7950612a8c90a7432022-02-01 · +5dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 53d gap

Maine State AGbd_a6ad4289c8bc0ba52022-02-01 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_c62c3bad868a53b82022-02-01 · +5dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_847199de573933002022-02-08 · +12dVerified
Washington State AGbd_0231bc3362ac2b5a2022-03-21 · +53dVerified
California State AGbd_15c18691b2f9b9ac2022-03-21 · +53dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_98bdafd57d957cf12022-03-21 · +53dVerified

Showing first 10 of 14 linked disclosures.

Name: Morley Companies, Incorporated
norm: morley companies
Domain: morleycompanies.com

Name: Morley Companies, Incorporated
norm: morley companies
Domain: morleycompanies.com
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,234state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists
Worked to prevent further access and identify impacted individuals
Secured the services of IDX to provide credit and identity monitoring at no cost for 24 months
Changes made: Worked with experts to try to prevent such an incident from ever happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGJan 26 · first

Montana State AGJan 26 · first

South Carolina State AG+1d · this page

California State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

Maine State AG+6d

HHS OCR+6d

Oregon State AG+13d

Washington State AG+54d

California State AG+54d

New Hampshire State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Jan 26 (MA), last Mar 21 (NH) — a 54-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 14 — the full spread may be wider.

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/MorleyCompaniesInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 27, 2022
Raw hash: 07812fd70e40b65ebd56eac88501a4ef8453dd3e9b81e2c79e9badb3a666c3b1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMorley Companies, Incorporated

Victim entityMorley Companies, Incorporated

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseLaunched an investigation with the assistance of third-party computer forensic specialists

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov