MisuseHealthcareHealthcareData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)LowResolved

IEC Group, Inc.

bd_6702ba3ceec6e04b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 5, 2023

Filed

Aug 10, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

662state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for IEC Group, Inc. →2 incidents on file

IEC Group Inc. (dba AmeriBen) reported an insider data mishandling incident in Washington. An employee attached a filtered Excel spreadsheet containing PHI and PII to an email. Recipients could potentially unfilter the file to view other members' data. 662 Washington residents were affected. The incident was discovered on July 5, 2023.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 729 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Jul 6, 2021

Begins

Jul 5, 2023

Discovered

Aug 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_e6e8a1f5296e6b412023-08-24 · +14dVerified

Name: IEC Group, Inc.
norm: iec group
Domain: ameriben.com

Name: IEC Group, Inc.
norm: iec group
Domain: ameriben.com
Also named: IEC Group Inc.dba oflegal entity
AmeriBendba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 5, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2021 – May 24, 2023
Undetected for: 729 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 662state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: NameMedical information
WA-stated cause: Theft or Mistake
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 500+dexposure 500+d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: Internal
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Taking steps to reduce the risk of this happening again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGAug 10 · first · this page

HHS OCR+14d

Pattern: first filing Aug 10 (WA), last Aug 24 (ID) — a 14-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26166.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2023
Raw hash: 71bd0b3388d04c94ced825ce329be8126f88dce227b89ff31d43469d72e73a68

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityIEC Group, Inc.

Victim entityIEC Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 5, 2023

Stated responseTaking steps to reduce the risk of this happening again

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com