Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)LowContained

HME Specialists, LLC

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 11, 2021

Filed

Apr 9, 2021

To disclose

29 days

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

HME Specialists, LLC notified Montana residents that a phishing incident between June 24 and July 14, 2020, compromised employee email accounts containing protected health information. The breach was discovered on March 11, 2021, after forensic investigation. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 260 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

Jun 24, 2020

Begins

Mar 11, 2021

Discovered

Apr 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_8cfb2f1a8273bbca2021-04-09Verified

Name: HME Specialists, LLC
norm: hme specialists
Domain: hmecloud.com

Name: HME Specialists, LLC
norm: hme specialists
Domain: hmecloud.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 11, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 24, 2020 – Jul 14, 2020
Undetected for: 260 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Commenced an immediate and thorough investigation
Engaged external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted extensive forensic investigation and manual document review
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance security and privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRApr 9 · first

Montana State AGApr 9 · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/HME-Notif.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 9, 2021
Raw hash: 30a98cc7d1e61d22a817956bb27e50ef58f08abf1e0ffe220e82e55250c83c57

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHME Specialists, LLC

Victim entityHME Specialists, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 11, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an immediate and thorough investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov