NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)HighResolved

Med Associates Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 14, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

276,057

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Med Associates Inc. →

Med Associates, Inc. reported to HHS on 2018-06-14 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 276,057 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer. An unauthorized individual accessed an employee's workstation, exposing PHI including names, DOB, addresses, diagnoses, and insurance info. The entity provided credit monitoring and implemented safeguards. HHS closed the investigation after the entity dissolved operations.

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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

Jun 14, 2018

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_8b67f0737ee765fb2018-06-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_d8013243e54ffb6c2018-06-14Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f0966ba194ae363b2018-06-14Verified

Name: Med Associates Inc.
norm: med associates
Domain: med-associates.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Med Associates Inc.
norm: med associates
Domain: med-associates.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 276,057nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSHHS closed its investigation
Third party: via Med Associates, Inc.business associate
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice on its website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical 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 · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 14 · first

Montana State AGJun 14 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 14 · first

HHS OCRJun 14 · 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: Jun 14, 2018
Raw hash: 6c10fcd6a700c29e6914f27a40864ea8c3a6f9c70c7d4b87c601efe25dbdd186

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMed Associates Inc.

Victim entityMed Associates Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing