HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

US HealthCenter, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 13, 2020

Filed

Jul 16, 2020

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for US HealthCenter, Inc. →

US HealthCenter, Inc. reported unauthorized access to a dedicated email inbox for the Cost Plus World Market Wellness Program on April 13, 2020. The attacker used the compromised account to send phishing emails and view/forward participant emails containing PHI, including names, employee numbers, dates of birth, and physician signatures. USHC changed passwords, migrated to a new secure email platform, and enabled two-factor authentication.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Apr 13, 2020

Begins

Apr 13, 2020

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4a6c399b79f111f92020-07-16Verified
HHS OCRbd_d3f9442dcde3a6dd2020-07-16Verified

Name: US HealthCenter, Inc.
norm: us healthcenter

Name: US HealthCenter, Inc.
norm: us healthcenter
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 13, 2020
Breach occurred: Apr 13, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately changed all passwords associated with the inbox
Hosted the Cost Plus wellness program inbox on a new Microsoft Office 365 email platform with heightened security features
Enabling two-factor authentication for all email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 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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Montana State AGJul 16 · first

HHS OCRJul 16 · first

California State AGJul 16 · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192087
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2020
Raw hash: 320798350e763d2caf1113f32222799fcb5883d50d64207733c6b9ee19d45fc4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUS HealthCenter, Inc.

Victim entityUS HealthCenter, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 13, 2020

Stated responseImmediately changed all passwords associated with the inbox

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov