IOWAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighContained

Balance Autism

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 16, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

1,281

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for Balance Autism →

Balance Autism (Iowa healthcare provider) reported to HHS on 2025-05-16 a ransomware attack affecting the PHI of 1,281 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security and driver's license numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice and complimentary credit monitoring, and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 16, 2025

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_17d66963684204e72025-05-16Verified
Iowa State AGbd_f3fa6deb87c2fa612025-05-16Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_fcced79ddbde70462025-05-16Verified

Name: Balance Autism
norm: balance autism
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Balance Autism
norm: balance autism
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,281nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified

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

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGMay 16 · first

Iowa State AGMay 16 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 16 · first

HHS OCRMay 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://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: May 16, 2025
Raw hash: c0ac83b734a6f83bf13c18cf7e2713e13b2e57537828658443677b4a6d2beaea

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBalance Autism

Victim entityBalance Autism

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing