HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryGovernment IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumActive

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Jun 14, 2022

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Shields Health Care Group, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. notified the NH AG of a data event where an unknown actor accessed systems from March 7-21, 2022. Discovered March 28, 2022. PHI and SSN compromised. Notification sent May 27, 2022. Investigation ongoing; count of affected individuals not yet determined.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Jun 14, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_2e845bf7be75aac12022-07-22 · +38dCandidate
California State AGbd_31e1580fc13fc22a2022-07-22 · +38dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6323f931092b3aa82022-07-22 · +38dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_9109906827c3157e2022-07-22 · +38dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 314d gap

Indiana State AGbd_949962535a156bfc2022-07-25 · +41dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_6cf75313cd35acf82022-07-26 · +42dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6858fa9ec9086f9e2023-04-19 · +309dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_8e834a0cb07d4cf92023-04-19 · +309dVerified
California State AGbd_f4afa3fde068325b2023-04-19 · +309dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c28877aa52077522023-04-24 · +314dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Shields Health Care Group, Inc.
norm: shields health care
Domain: shields.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2022 – Mar 21, 2022
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 27, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Shields immediately launched an investigation into this issue
Worked with a number of subject matter specialists
Provided substitute and media notice
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing credit monitoring and identity restoration services with written notice to individuals
Provided written notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first · this page

Washington State AG+38d

California State AG+38d

Maine State AG+38d

Montana State AG+38d

Indiana State AG+41d

New Hampshire State AG+42d

Maine State AG+309d

Vermont State AG+309d

California State AG+309d

New Hampshire State AG+314d

Pattern: first filing Jun 14 (NH), last Apr 24 (NH) — a 314-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 13 — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/shields-health-care-group-20220614.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 14, 2022
Raw hash: e521576a9955f3a50731c8a35736d55dac13c313a4e049a83fe4100e2d00cc79

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2022

Stated responseShields immediately launched an investigation into this issue

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov