HackingHealthcareHealthcareTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Southwest Behavioral Health Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 13, 2023

Filed

Nov 9, 2023

To disclose

34 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Southwest Behavioral Health Center →3 incidents on file

Southwest Behavioral Health Center experienced a cybersecurity attack discovered on March 13, 2023. The incident potentially exposed names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and medical information of current/former clients, patients, and employees. The organization engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI, and offered credit monitoring services. No financial data was impacted.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday34 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

discovery → filing · 34 weeks / 241 days

Mar 13, 2023

Discovered

Nov 9, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+23 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by dispossessor about this victim predates this filing by 203 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_f1a03a906bebc9f02023-11-13 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_03483029fe43bcdb2023-11-19 · +10dVerified
Maine State AGbd_0586cada478e96b82023-11-19 · +10dVerified
Montana State AGbd_57a9c019676a5d102023-11-20 · +11dVerified by operator

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New Hampshire State AGbd_bf02f75cafda850d2023-11-20 · +11dVerified by operator

Name: Southwest Behavioral Health Center
norm: southwest behavioral health center
Domain: sbhc.us

Name: Southwest Behavioral Health Center
norm: southwest behavioral health center
Domain: sbhc.us
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 13, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 9, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure our digital environment
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to assist with a forensic investigation
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Offering you complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to help reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 34 weeks(241 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >180d
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Vermont State AGNov 9 · first · this page

HHS OCR+4d

California State AG+10d

Maine State AG+10d

Montana State AG+11d

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Nov 9 (VT), last Nov 20 (NH) — a 11-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-09-southwest-behavioral-health-center-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 9, 2023
Raw hash: fa18dd05f326e3d7c54d4d38f54adac58a4cd4934135400ec4d7d6c12d8cd7c2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Behavioral Health Center

Victim entitySouthwest Behavioral Health Center

Incidentdiscovered Mar 13, 2023

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure our digital environment

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov