CALIFORNIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Seneca Family of Agencies

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 5, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

27,309

Linked

18 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Seneca Family of Agencies →

Seneca Family of Agencies reported to HHS on 2021-11-05 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 27,309 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The business associate experienced a ransomware attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 27,309 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, medical record numbers, diagnoses, health insurance information, prescription information, drivers’ license/state identification numbers, and other treatment information. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.

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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

Nov 5, 2021

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 18 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_120badf0cccc862c2021-12-01 · +26dVerified
Maine State AGbd_49ca47c3ec53eaa02021-12-01 · +26dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_afdda6f6c5819da72021-12-02 · +27dVerified
California State AGbd_164ebf40a6a1dc142021-12-06 · +31dVerified

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California State AGbd_494d19c84e30b77e2021-12-06 · +31dVerified
California State AGbd_59f956faca223a8a2021-12-06 · +31dVerified
California State AGbd_ecac4e2e0da2884d2021-12-06 · +31dVerified
California State AGbd_e67dfe48ecde7b1f2021-12-10 · +35dVerified
California State AGbd_e6c8e1020598d9802022-01-21 · +77dVerified
HHS OCRbd_8eab077bfd6678fc2022-01-22 · +78dVerified

Showing first 10 of 17 linked disclosures.

Name: Seneca Family of Agencies
norm: seneca family of agencies
Domain: senecafoa.org
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Seneca Family of Agencies
norm: seneca family of agencies
Domain: senecafoa.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 27,309nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Seneca Family of Agenciesbusiness associate

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect 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 · 11 filings · 4 states

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HHS OCRNov 5 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

California State AG+31d

California State AG+35d

California State AG+77d

HHS OCR+78d

Pattern: first filing Nov 5 (CA), last Jan 22 (CA) — a 78-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 17 — the full spread may be wider.

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: Nov 5, 2021
Raw hash: 7aa2aab6c32ff521a3707060c01d27d12cd6ac1a9ed084939d9316b853a34f24

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySeneca Family of Agencies

Victim entitySeneca Family of Agencies

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing