MASSACHUSETTSHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Walker, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 18, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

846

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Walker, Inc. →

Walker, Inc. d/b/a Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programs reported to HHS on 2024-01-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 846 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme compromising PHI including names, addresses, birthdates, diagnoses, lab results, and medications.

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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

Jan 18, 2024

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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_49441db09fbcae7c2024-01-18Verified

Name: Walker, Inc.
norm: walker
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Walker, Inc.
norm: walker
Industry: Health Care Services
Also named: Walker, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Walker Therapeutic & Educational Programsdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 846nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained all staff on email security precautions
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect sensitive data
Retrained all staff on email security precautions
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 · 2 filings

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Massachusetts State AGJan 18 · first

HHS OCRJan 18 · 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: Jan 18, 2024
Raw hash: e691c9b4efa9b31dbb430d93e87a01471e44e322e38539312a611d9f80be3eac

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWalker, Inc.

Victim entityWalker, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing