OKLAHOMAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

McElroy & Associates, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 17, 2025

To disclose

—

Affected

6,633

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for McElroy & Associates, Inc. →

McElroy & Associates, Inc. reported to HHS on 2025-10-17 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 6633 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee's email account containing PHI was accessed by an unauthorized threat actor.

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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

Oct 17, 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 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Nebraska State AGbd_02c8bf5cf39b7ba12025-10-17Verified

Name: McElroy & Associates, Inc.
norm: mcelroy associates
Industry: Business Associate

Name: McElroy & Associates, Inc.
norm: mcelroy associates
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,633nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the BA regarding the HIPAA Rules
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Provided security awareness training to its workforce
Enhanced its access controls to better protect its PHI
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Nebraska State AGOct 17 · first

HHS OCROct 17 · 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: Oct 17, 2025
Raw hash: 44e6c3ad76fc620b561ef39768cfbbfb1782413eb1326994c2257786a758763e

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMcElroy & Associates, Inc.

Victim entityMcElroy & Associates, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing