HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Comstar LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 26, 2022

Filed

Aug 22, 2022

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

13 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Comstar LLC →

Comstar, LLC reported a cyber-attack where unauthorized access occurred to certain files on its network between March 19 and March 26, 2022. The company discovered suspicious activity on March 26, 2022. Potentially impacted data includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical assessments, medication administration records, and health insurance information. Comstar engaged third-party experts, secured its network, and is offering credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Equifax. The incident affected residents of multiple states including California and Rhode Island.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

Mar 19, 2022

Begins

Mar 26, 2022

Discovered

Aug 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

This filing is one of 13 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1a59883a0195e6ff2022-08-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b57b40825eebd8b32022-08-26 · +4dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_b95db5904d98be342022-06-30 · +53dVerified
California State AGbd_d818ee99f86b12dd2022-06-30 · +53dVerified

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California State AGbd_85177613717390c12022-06-14 · +69dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0db5d3b9a664394c2022-05-27 · +87dVerified
HHS OCRbd_7c3a134ab345e7362022-05-26 · +88dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_662700170b2a610b2022-05-25 · +89dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7e62f29ad917b45d2022-05-25 · +89dVerified
HHS OCR enforcementbd_431a2323ea15d5c32025-05-30 · +1012dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 12 linked disclosures.

Name: Comstar Technologies, LLC
norm: comstar technologies

Name: Comstar LLC
norm: comstar
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2022 – Mar 26, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reporting to regulatory officials, as required

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched a thorough investigation with the assistance of third-party experts
Reviewed the contents of impacted files to determine what information was contained therein
Notifying potentially impacted individuals
Reporting to regulatory officials, as required
Offering access to credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Equifax at no cost
Changes made: Reviewing existing policies and procedures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGMay 25 · first

Montana State AGMay 25 · first

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

California State AG+20d

Maine State AG+36d

California State AG+36d

Maine State AG+89d

California State AG+89d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+93d

HHS OCR enforcement+1101d

Pattern: first filing May 25 (IN), last May 30 — a 1101-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 12 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-556479
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 22, 2022
Raw hash: c6b8d3ab4080e0a84eb5a6f1ef6dd92b5c007063999bd3f592d000ad50696547

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityComstar Technologies, LLC

Victim entityComstar LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 26, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov