HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareStolen CredentialsRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsCriticalContained

CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 21, 2024

Filed

Aug 5, 2024

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

2,688,358state residents only

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC. →7 incidents on file

Change Healthcare, Inc. disclosed a cybersecurity incident where a cybercriminal accessed its computer system between Feb 17-20, 2024. The breach exposed PHI, PII (SSN, DL), and financial data. CHC turned off systems, engaged law enforcement, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring. Notification to affected individuals began June 20, 2024.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due24 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Feb 17, 2024

Begins

Feb 21, 2024

Discovered

Aug 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_6999730badb3aebb2024-08-03 · +2dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_788f5843714453cb2024-08-03 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_969ae8733a313abf2024-08-03 · +2dVerified
Washington State AGbd_dc48a09555e80a912024-08-03 · +2dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_20fef244fbf67f712024-08-02 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_546b3d03391ed1822024-08-02 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_475102911ae1328e2024-08-01 · +4dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_1467986906075ca02024-07-29 · +7dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_1091c4bb67ec440a2024-09-16 · +42dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_99990548386b282d2024-11-01 · +88dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.
norm: change healthcare
Domain: changehealthcare.com

Name: CHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.
norm: change healthcare
Domain: changehealthcare.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Feb 21, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 17, 2024 – Feb 20, 2024
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2024
Affected individuals: 2,688,358state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 ChannelT1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Called law enforcement
Initial access: external_remote_services

During the incident: Hired a special team to help us
Called law enforcement
Turned off CHC’s systems to help protect our customers and their individuals
Offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 2 years
Changes made: Making our computer systems even stronger than before
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

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Vermont State AGJul 29 · first

Illinois State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

California State AG+5d

Oregon State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Washington State AG+5d

South Carolina State AG+7d · this page

Oregon State AG+49d

Illinois State AG+95d

Pattern: first filing Jul 29 (VT), last Nov 1 (IL) — a 95-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 13 — 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2024/ChangeHealthcareInc%20(1).pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 5, 2024
Raw hash: e82b732e62f75eb569b8fb5966f6a5c5f9392b266fafdc4c2cf429039466730f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.

Victim entityCHANGE HEALTHCARE INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 21, 2024

Stated responseHired a special team to help us

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov