ILLINOISMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountHighContained

CareTree

bd_339db28c04eef715 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 13, 2023

Filed

Nov 15, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

15,846

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for CareTree →

CareTree, Inc. (IL), a business associate, reported to HHS OCR on 2023-11-15 a ransomware incident affecting 15,846 individuals. Breached PHI on network servers included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers' license and SSNs, diagnoses, conditions, lab results, medications, and financial/medical information. CareTree notified HHS, affected individuals, media, and posted substitute notice. Additional administrative and technical safeguards were implemented. OCR provided technical assistance.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Oct 13, 2023

Discovered

Nov 15, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_66b93c3a19a3219e2023-11-15Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1f0e8136404e11ce2023-12-08 · +23dVerified
California State AGbd_727e34824e5007c92023-12-11 · +26dVerified
Maine State AGbd_ab9056e59a6339012023-12-11 · +26dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_446a50c00a9569582023-12-27 · +42dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_44a69674e55b338c2023-12-27 · +42dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_d3e5a7ef13ce1b8b2023-12-27 · +42dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_97d6f0b94f2157582024-01-12 · +58dVerified
California State AGbd_b0b9e4947aa838c92024-02-14 · +91dVerified

Name: CareTree
norm: caretree

Name: CareTree
norm: caretree
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 13, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,846nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial 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: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR — technical assistance provided

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 13, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 13, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 13, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 13, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first

HHS OCRNov 15 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+23d

California State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d

Montana State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+42d

Vermont State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+58d

California State AG+91d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (MA), last Feb 14 (CA) — a 91-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://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: Nov 15, 2023
Raw hash: 3a5a75a3bb2cd76f069cd2b92a236e81f167fa1b3838763a27fbb1f9294ea9c1

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareTree

Victim entityCareTree

Incidentdiscovered Oct 13, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing