HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPIIHighContained

The Lifetime Healthcare Companies

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 5, 2015

Filed

Sep 11, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

27,253state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The Lifetime Healthcare Companies →

The Lifetime Healthcare Companies and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield disclosed a sophisticated cyberattack where unauthorized access to IT systems occurred starting December 23, 2013. The breach was discovered on August 5, 2015. Attackers may have accessed names, SSNs, DOBs, and financial account info. No evidence of data removal was found. The FBI was notified, Mandiant assisted in investigation, and Kroll provided two years of credit monitoring.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ 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

undetected · 590 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 37 days

Dec 23, 2013

Begins

Aug 5, 2015

Discovered

Sep 11, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_2a50b4c26e7515472015-09-09 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_a216a00aeccc9ccf2015-09-09 · +2dCandidate
California State AGbd_e9ea79963ed5db2d2015-09-09 · +2dVerified

Name: The Lifetime Healthcare Companies
norm: the lifetime healthcare companies
Domain: lifethc.com

Name: The Lifetime Healthcare Companies
norm: the lifetime healthcare companies
Domain: lifethc.com
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 5, 2015
Breach occurred: Dec 23, 2013
Undetected for: 590 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 9, 2015
Affected individuals: 27,253state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPII
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI and is fully cooperating with its investigation into this attack
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified the FBI and is fully cooperating with its investigation into this attack
Worked closely with Mandiant to conduct our investigation and to remediate the issues created by the attack on our IT systems
Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity theft protection at no cost to you for two years
Changes made: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity theft protection at no cost to you for two years
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGSep 9 · first

Washington State AGSep 9 · first

California State AGSep 9 · first

South Carolina State AG+2d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2015/LifetimeHealthCareCompanies.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 11, 2015
Raw hash: 808a85bf51a7ae701276a2d40a607246589b0743f6a4b9b272576d0976c1a9c5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Lifetime Healthcare Companies

Victim entityThe Lifetime Healthcare Companies

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2015

Stated responseNotified the FBI and is fully cooperating with its investigation into this attack

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov