HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedDownstream VictimsIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Heartland Alliance

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 31, 2022

Filed

Dec 20, 2022

To disclose

46 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heartland Alliance →

Heartland Alliance notified the NH AG of a data security incident in late January 2022 where an unauthorized actor accessed personal information including SSNs, driver's licenses, financial accounts, and health data. Two NH residents were affected. Notices were sent in December 2022. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d46 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 30 days

discovery → filing · 46 weeks / 323 days

Jan 1, 2022

Begins

Jan 31, 2022

Discovered

Apr 27, 2022

Scope determined

Dec 20, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+34 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by suncrypt about this victim predates this filing by 315 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitesuncryptbd_1a3971abe2a982d02022-02-08 · +315dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_963896305dc6be8e2022-12-20Verified by operator
Maine State AGbd_23693f388b81a2c92022-12-19 · +1dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_20a1841af7afcb622022-12-15 · +5dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_3c5fa381cd03cff22022-12-15 · +5dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 42d gap

Illinois State AGbd_55fec449238b07222023-01-01 · +12dVerified
HHS OCRbd_b0e2c2a30977a5c82022-11-08 · +42dCandidate

Name: Heartland Alliance
norm: heartland alliance

Name: Heartland Alliance
norm: heartland alliance
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jan 31, 2022
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2022 – Jan 31, 2022
Undetected for: 30 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Apr 27, 2022
Notification sent: Dec 15, 2022
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged independent cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Secured the environment
Reported the incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offered individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional technical security measures
Added new security features to IT systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 46 weeks(323 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRNov 8 · first

Montana State AG+37d

Indiana State AG+37d

Maine State AG+41d

Massachusetts State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+42d · this page

Illinois State AG+54d

Pattern: first filing Nov 8 (IL), last Jan 1 (IL) — a 54-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/heartland-alliance-20221220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2022
Raw hash: f505dc589ae48e70e4a52c7fb6e07982b7a049c37facc85ba1572a2a80981860

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeartland Alliance

Victim entityHeartland Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Jan 31, 2022

Stated responseEngaged independent cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov