GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Data Media Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 30, 2023

Filed

Oct 9, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

2,035

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

88%

Full breach record for Data Media Associates →4 incidents on file

HHS OCR breach portal entry: Data Media Associates (GA, Business Associate), 2,035 individuals affected, reported 2023-10-09. Type: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure; Location: Paper/Films. Web description attributes the underlying incident to business associate NASCO, which reported a software application exposed PHI of 1,744,655 individuals (names, DOB, addresses, SSNs, diagnoses, claims and health insurance/treatment information). Note: the 1,744,655 figure refers to NASCO's overall reported breach population, while this specific OCR row lists 2,035 individuals tied to Data Media Associates.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Jun 30, 2023 → Notified Oct 9, 2023101d ✗ HHS report late

⚠ 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 · 14 weeks / 101 days

Jun 30, 2023

Discovered

Oct 9, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_5fe69a1c32fcae1b2023-09-25 · +14dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_738544e5a7db48382023-09-25 · +14dVerified
Maine State AGbd_dd8d071e11b9229b2023-09-25 · +14dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_8be62e38447897d82023-08-30 · +40dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 47d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_450803226b4712aa2023-08-28 · +42dVerified
HHS OCRbd_30963eb787b1cdd82023-08-24 · +46dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_260b7cb119fa0ee92023-08-23 · +47dCandidate
California State AGbd_44951a0ed5c0c1c72023-08-23 · +47dVerified
Montana State AGbd_721a9fed6d650d0b2023-08-23 · +47dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9629ce6ff1f3e5c82023-08-23 · +47dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Data Media Associates
norm: data media associates

Name: Data Media Associates
norm: data media associates
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jun 30, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,035nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Third party: via NASCO

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Provided substitute notice
Offered complimentary credit monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report late · 101dHHS notified
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 30, 2023
→ Notified: Oct 9, 2023
101d 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Jun 30, 2023
→ Notified: Oct 9, 2023
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 30, 2023 → Notified: Oct 9, 2023	101d	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Jun 30, 2023 → Notified: Oct 9, 2023	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 10 states

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Indiana State AGAug 23 · first

California State AGAug 23 · first

Montana State AGAug 23 · first

Oregon State AGAug 23 · first

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Delaware State AG+7d

Washington State AG+33d

Massachusetts State AG+33d

Maine State AG+33d

HHS OCR+47d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (IN), last Oct 9 (GA) — a 47-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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: Oct 9, 2023
Raw hash: 3ff0022a4e845116eb979f16f870f9523d3af05ac533e67bc2ce3b1e62816a63

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityData Media Associates

Victim entityData Media Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 30, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing