HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataZero-DayData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Brightline, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2023

Filed

May 30, 2023

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

6state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Brightline, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Brightline, Inc. notified Idaho AG of a data breach involving third-party vendor Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT SaaS. An unauthorized party exploited a previously unknown vulnerability on Jan 30, 2023, to access and download files containing names, addresses, member IDs, DOBs, and health coverage data. Brightline was notified Feb 4, 2023, contained the incident, and began notifying affected individuals on April 7, 2023, offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

Jan 30, 2023

Begins

Feb 4, 2023

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_19914189b0b366812023-04-19 · +41dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_c10a34ae59efcae42023-01-01 · +149dCandidate

Name: Brightline, Inc.
norm: brightline
Domain: gobrightline.com

Name: Brightline, Inc.
norm: brightline
Domain: gobrightline.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 7, 2023
Affected individuals: 6state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Fortra promptly notified law enforcement and is cooperating with their investigation
Third party: via Fortra (formerly HelpSystems)
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged its incident response plan
Confirmed Fortra deactivated the unauthorized user’s credentials
Disabled the vulnerable java servlet
Rebuilt Brightline’s instance on new infrastructure
Implemented additional security measures, including a whitelisting for limited IP addresses to access the previously vulnerable administrative portal
Removed all Brightline data from the GoAnywhere MFT SaaS
Retained cyber counsel to assist with its investigation
Changes made: Continuing ongoing measures to reduce data exposure until an alternative file transfer solution is identified and implemented
Enhancing its cybersecurity program to further safeguard its systems from cyber threats
Offering the affected residents complimentary two-year memberships with a credit monitoring service
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

South Carolina State AG+108d

Idaho State AG+149d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last May 30 (ID) — a 149-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://www.ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2023/06/5-30-2023-Brightline-Inc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 30, 2023
Raw hash: 35434b0db51140f2f227713e2016bef8ffdbd12d7c3a8921f7b680bf3df28751

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline, Inc.

Victim entityBrightline, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2023

Stated responseEngaged its incident response plan

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.ag.idaho.gov