INDIANAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialHighContained

South Western Communications, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 26, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

1,115

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for South Western Communications, Inc. →

South Western Communications, Inc. reported to HHS on 2024-07-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,115 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, addresses, DOB, SSN, driver's license, claims, financial info, diagnoses, lab results, and medications.

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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

Jul 26, 2024

Filed

—

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 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a77a89f20c447ee42024-07-26Verified
Indiana State AGbd_aaea8b7a99fd6ae72024-07-26Verified
Montana State AGbd_be3abd3d9307a8082024-07-26Verified

Name: South Western Communications, Inc.
norm: south western communications
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: South Western Communications, Inc.
norm: south western communications
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,115nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Received technical assistance from OCR regarding its health information privacy compliance obligations

During the incident: Provided complimentary identity protection services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI
Notified HHS and the affected individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its 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 · 4 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 26 · first

Indiana State AGJul 26 · first

Montana State AGJul 26 · first

HHS OCRJul 26 · first · this page

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: Jul 26, 2024
Raw hash: d22d09d89049d1259a1ec5c5d690cc96ed8a3b337b97a69d65893ef7b91a2e01

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouth Western Communications, Inc.

Victim entitySouth Western Communications, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary identity protection services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing