HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

USACS Management Group, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 9, 2018

Filed

May 16, 2018

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

89state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for USACS Management Group, Ltd. →

USACS Management Group, Ltd. notified the NH Attorney General that an unauthorized third party accessed an employee's email account on March 9, 2018. The breach affected 89 New Hampshire residents, exposing PHI including names, addresses, dates of service, account numbers, medical/insurance info, diagnostic/treatment info, and SSNs. USACS engaged forensic investigators, notified residents on May 8, 2018, and offered credit monitoring. USACS acts as a business associate under HIPAA.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 68 days

Mar 9, 2018

Begins

Mar 9, 2018

Discovered

May 16, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_1b6305722a9ae92a2018-05-08 · +8dVerified
HHS OCRbd_28f5dd93d1928bcd2018-05-08 · +8dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b2e461e9e175b9a12018-05-08 · +8dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ec23e2aaf77d1b4c2018-05-08 · +8dVerified

Name: USACS Management Group, Ltd.
norm: usacs management group

Name: USACS Management Group, Ltd.
norm: usacs management
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 9, 2018
Breach occurred: Mar 9, 2018
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 8, 2018
Affected individuals: 89state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General is being made pursuant to NH Rev. State §359-C:20 (2015)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately began an investigation
Hired a leading outside computer forensic firm to assist
Mailed notification letters to the New Hampshire residents
Offering credit monitoring and identity protection services to the New Hampshire residents whose Social Security numbers were affected
Changes made: Continues to enhance its security measures relating to protection of patient information
Conducts regular security trainings with its workforce
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(68 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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California State AGMay 8 · first

HHS OCRMay 8 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 8 · first

Montana State AGMay 8 · first

New Hampshire State AG+8d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 8 (CA), last May 16 (NH) — a 8-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/usacs-management-20180516.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2018
Raw hash: 91681bda4d46540e26386e999b28f19f7c0e8586276dad0b4b50358620493e4b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUSACS Management Group, Ltd.

Victim entityUSACS Management Group, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 9, 2018

Stated responseImmediately began an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov