TEXASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

medQ, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 23, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

55,917

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for medQ, Inc. →2 incidents on file

MedQ, Inc. reported to HHS on 2024-02-23 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 55,917 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved ransomware encrypting PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license, SSN, claims, diagnoses, and treatment info. MedQ notified HHS, individuals, and media, provided credit monitoring, and implemented 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

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_5a44626b9e34f6582024-02-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bb9314f65e0432352024-02-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_bdb2089ed777401b2024-02-23Verified
Maine State AGbd_dcfa5a8e797d467d2024-02-23Candidate

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Montana State AGbd_e84e7d460997ea882024-02-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c4a29c2a879476bb2024-03-13 · +19dVerified
California State AGbd_7756d64c62956c672024-05-29 · +96dVerified

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq
Industry: Business Associate

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 55,917nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff to better protect PHI
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.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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California State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 23 · first

Maine State AGFeb 23 · first

Montana State AGFeb 23 · first

HHS OCRFeb 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+19d

California State AG+96d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (CA), last May 29 (CA) — a 96-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://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: Feb 23, 2024
Raw hash: f114d606eae40a8dd477da0c677f119ccb36bdb241b5a7725dee0ba035919af8

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitymedQ, Inc.

Victim entitymedQ, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing