AccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Choice Health Insurance, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 14, 2022

Filed

Jun 8, 2022

To disclose

25 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Choice Health Insurance, LLC →2 incidents on file

Choice Health Insurance, LLC experienced a data breach due to a technical security configuration issue caused by a third-party service provider, which made a database accessible via the Internet. An unauthorized individual accessed the database on May 7, 2022, obtaining files containing names, SSNs, Medicare IDs, DOBs, addresses, and health insurance information. Choice Health discovered the incident on May 14, 2022, when an unauthorized person offered the data for sale. The company reconfigured security settings, confirmed the database was no longer accessible, and implemented MFA. Affected individuals were offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks.

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California clockDiscovered May 14, 2022 → Notified Jun 8, 202225d ✓ CA 60-day OK25 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 25 days

May 7, 2022

Begins

May 14, 2022

Discovered

Jun 8, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_6907d308ef4a84f42022-06-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_6e57b7e10ecc0d632022-06-08Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_74c1aa8976e17e642022-06-08Verified
Washington State AGbd_90b996d0d3e02bc42022-06-08Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 158d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a605734776a017c92022-06-08Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fd71526adbe5f07e2022-06-08Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_9a82f36eea82ec3a2022-06-13 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_71aa20b61d29e7712022-01-01 · +158dCandidate

Name: Choice Health Insurance, LLC
norm: choice health insurance

Name: Choice Health Insurance, LLC
norm: choice health insurance
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: May 14, 2022
Breach occurred: May 7, 2022
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 8, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via third-party service provider
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Worked with our third-party service provider to reconfigure the security settings on the database
Confirmed that the database is no longer accessible through the Internet
Offering 24-month membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Enhanced our data security measures to prevent the occurrence of a similar event in the future
Requiring multi-factor authentication for all access to database files
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 days(25 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 25d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 14, 2022
→ Notified: Jun 8, 2022
25d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 14, 2022 → Notified: Jun 8, 2022	25d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Oregon State AG+158d

Montana State AG+158d

South Carolina State AG+158d

Washington State AG+158d

Massachusetts State AG+158d

Indiana State AG+158d

California State AG+158d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+163d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jun 13 (NH) — a 163-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-554136
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 8, 2022
Raw hash: 2c5c4784df497824f7ef5633de68d162aecf36e041445178836b46358efbebe0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityChoice Health Insurance, LLC

Victim entityChoice Health Insurance, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 14, 2022

Stated responseWorked with our third-party service provider to reconfigure the security settings on the database

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov