WISCONSINMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASICMediumResolved
Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan
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Full breach record for Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plan →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.
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.
Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed899 affectedView incident
Source provenance
- 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
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plannorm: merrill iron steel health benefit plan
- Industry
- Health Plan
Victim entity
- Name
- Merrill Iron & Steel Health Benefit Plannorm: merrill iron steel health benefit plan
- Industry
- Health Plan
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 899
- Data types
- PHIIDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
Compliance
- 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
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.