WISCONSINMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumResolved

Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 21, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

899

Confidence

96%

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Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan reported a ransomware attack on a network server that affected the PHI of 899 individuals. PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; provided complimentary credit monitoring; and implemented additional technical safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jan 21, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed899 affectedView incident

Name: Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan
norm: merrill iron steel health benefit plan
Industry: Health Plan

Name: Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan
norm: merrill iron steel health benefit plan
Industry: Health Plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 899nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Ransomware
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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: Jan 21, 2021
Raw hash: 0531243bdbd7606b5ccc626fc495f2151f3f8d46a8fbc769a4ab6f6591d52170

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Reporting entityMerrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan

Victim entityMerrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing