HackingHealthcareHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Birch Medical

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 1, 2024

Filed

Feb 27, 2025

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Birch Medical →

Birch Medical, a virtual medical consulting provider, notified consumers of a September 2024 incident where unauthorized individuals may have accessed a folder within its computer systems. The investigation could not confirm if files were accessed. Affected data included health information and names. No SSNs, government IDs, or financial data were involved. Birch Medical implemented additional safeguards and is notifying affected individuals out of an abundance of caution.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 179 days

Sep 1, 2024

Discovered

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+14 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_3d885f4429eec6ef2025-02-27Candidate
Maryland State AGbd_21643f37fa4a20c42025-03-03 · +4dVerified
California State AGbd_ec4db6754055750b2025-03-03 · +4dVerified

Name: Birch Medical
norm: birch medical

Name: Birch Medical
norm: birch medical
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 1, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2025
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
Completed a thorough and detailed review of the folder
Changes made: Reviewing its existing policies and training protocols relating to data protection
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(179 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · first · this page

Maryland State AG+4d

California State AG+4d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-27-birch-medical-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2025
Raw hash: 4724df1eabfec004e095f6789ac26b3ac5bd4c8f205b8666d95ab4ec04637553

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBirch Medical

Victim entityBirch Medical

Incidentdiscovered Sep 1, 2024

Stated responseImplemented additional technical and administrative safeguards

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov