MARYLANDHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMedium
Westat, Inc.
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Full breach record for Westat, Inc. →Westat, Inc. reported to HHS on 2023-10-13 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 51,513 individuals. A software application used by its business associate exposed PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, claims information, diagnoses/conditions, and treatment information. Breached information located on a Network Server. The BA notified HHS and affected individuals, provided substitute notice, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services.
HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ 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.
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
- bd_0a5c6e5ef62bfc8dHHS OCRfiled 2023-11-03(21d gap)Candidate
- bd_03476d52a3c7f670Vermont State AGfiled 2023-07-21(84d gap)Verified
- bd_8839ed78d8414049Montana State AGfiled 2023-07-21(84d gap)Candidate
- bd_be6506ff947b42aaMaine State AGfiled 2023-07-21(84d gap)Candidate
Source provenance
- 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 13, 2023
- Raw hash
- 21020eb1e4c669ce936f5d9eafba1a42041c3af05b066b48432b47e36c447c5b
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- Westat, Inc.norm: westat
- Industry
- Health Care Services
Victim entity
- Name
- Westat, Inc.norm: westat
- Industry
- Health Care Services
- Industry
- Healthcaresource default
Incident
- Discovered
- Jun 22, 2023
- Materiality determined
- —
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- 51,513
- Data types
- PHIHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
- Attack vector
- Unauthorized Access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
- Threat actor
- External
- Regulator citations
- Notified HHS
Compliance
- Compliance flags
- HHS 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 22, 2023→ Notified: not extracted— regulatory submission HHS notified
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.