HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Advocates

bd_4baef67e27eee83d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 9, 2022

Filed

Jun 30, 2022

To disclose

21 days

Affected · nationwide

70,03194 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Advocates →5 incidents on file

Advocates, Inc., a healthcare entity based in Framingham, MA, reported an external system breach occurring between September 14 and 18, 2021. Discovered on June 9, 2022, the incident compromised the names and Social Security Numbers of 70,031 individuals, including 94 Maine residents. The company provided written notification on June 28, 2022, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud protection services through IDX.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jun 9, 2022 → Filed with AG Jun 30, 202221d ✓ ME AG ≤30d21 days discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 268 days

discovery → filing · 21 days

Sep 14, 2021

Begins

Jun 9, 2022

Discovered

Jun 30, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed70,031 affectedView incident

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2022
Breach occurred: Sep 14, 2021 – Sep 18, 2021
Undetected for: 268 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 70,031state + nationwide
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed data breach notice with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Sent written notification to affected individuals
Offered 12 months of credit monitoring and fraud protection services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG ≤30d · 21d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jun 9, 2022
→ Filed with AG: Jun 30, 2022
21d 30 days ME AG ≤30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jun 9, 2022 → Filed with AG: Jun 30, 2022	21d	30 days	ME AG ≤30d

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0f69cf47-8495-42b5-8f52-ff8257d27284.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 30, 2022
Raw hash: 9ba1c158efb3fb360a12461bd285d6749126a87d056722e0573a94d4e7e03253

Reporting entityAdvocates

Victim entityAdvocates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2022

Stated responseSent written notification to affected individuals

ComplianceME AG ≤30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov