GEORGIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

Data Media Associates

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 24, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

100,644

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Data Media Associates →4 incidents on file

Data Media Associates reported to HHS on 2023-08-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 100,644 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. A software application exposed PHI including names, addresses, SSNs, and health insurance info. The BA notified HHS, individuals, and media, and strengthened technical 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

Aug 24, 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 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_260b7cb119fa0ee92023-08-23 · +1dCandidate
California State AGbd_44951a0ed5c0c1c72023-08-23 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_721a9fed6d650d0b2023-08-23 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9629ce6ff1f3e5c82023-08-23 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_450803226b4712aa2023-08-28 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_8be62e38447897d82023-08-30 · +6dVerified
Washington State AGbd_5fe69a1c32fcae1b2023-09-25 · +32dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_738544e5a7db48382023-09-25 · +32dVerified
Maine State AGbd_dd8d071e11b9229b2023-09-25 · +32dVerified
HHS OCRbd_54c0ed94f96132692023-10-09 · +46dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Data Media Associates
norm: data media associates
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Data Media Associates
norm: data media associates
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 100,644nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Data Media Associatesbusiness associate

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified the affected individuals
Provided substitute notice
Strengthened its technical safeguards
Changes made: Strengthened its technical 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 · 11 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGAug 23 · first

California State AGAug 23 · first

Montana State AGAug 23 · first

Oregon State AGAug 23 · first

HHS OCR+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Delaware State AG+7d

Washington State AG+33d

Massachusetts State AG+33d

Maine State AG+33d

HHS OCR+47d

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (IN), last Oct 9 (GA) — a 47-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://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: Aug 24, 2023
Raw hash: 6138af87a2b4a2b27fa59d6881f4a62a0945245b87f14aecab5d2e980e508e7f

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityData Media Associates

Victim entityData Media Associates

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing