AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareData MishandlingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

BioTel Heart

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

Mar 26, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

830state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for BioTel Heart →

BioTel Heart notified South Carolina residents of a data breach involving a third-party vendor. The vendor failed to secure medical records stored online between October 17, 2019, and August 9, 2020. Affected data included names, contact info, DOB, SSN, and medical records. BioTel Heart terminated the vendor, secured the data, and offered two years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 469 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Oct 17, 2019

Begins

Jan 28, 2021

Discovered

Mar 26, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_1569237f042443e92021-03-26Verified

Name: BioTel Heart
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Name: BioTel Heart
norm: biotel heart
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Oct 17, 2019 – Aug 9, 2020
Undetected for: 469 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 830state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: Partner
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Took steps to investigate and respond to this incident
Confirmed that as of August 9, 2020, the vendor secured the information it stored online on our behalf
Terminated the business arrangement with the vendor responsible for this incident
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Equifax Credit Watch Gold
Changes made: Terminated the business arrangement with the vendor
Required the vendor to securely delete all copies of the records
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 26 · first

South Carolina State AGMar 26 · first · 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/2021/BioTelHeart.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 26, 2021
Raw hash: e28ccd38a7a4e8d0ded474e12c1f1abd8d2b3ff639194506aecd3aac2fb08ded

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBioTel Heart

Victim entityBioTel Heart

Incidentdiscovered Jan 28, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to investigate and respond to this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov