HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.

bd_6e682289739dc75d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 31, 2019

Filed

Apr 7, 2020

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Healthcare Resource Group, Inc. →

Healthcare Resource Group, Inc. (HRG), a billing services provider for Barlow Respiratory Hospital, notified the California Attorney General of unauthorized access to an employee's email account between November 4 and November 30, 2019. HRG discovered the incident on December 31, 2019, during an unrelated investigation. A forensic review concluded on February 27, 2020, confirming that the account contained personal and health information of patients. HRG secured the account, engaged third-party forensics, notified law enforcement, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring to affected individuals. No evidence of actual misuse was found.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 31, 2019 → Notified Mar 11, 202071d ✗ CA 60-day late14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 57 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 98 days

Nov 4, 2019

Begins

Dec 31, 2019

Discovered

Apr 7, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_7e8e174acd09c4252020-04-07Verified
Illinois State AGbd_0df4f41caea71b0c2020-01-01 · +97dCandidate

Name: Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.
norm: healthcare resource

Name: Healthcare Resource Group, Inc.
norm: healthcare resource
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 31, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2019 – Nov 30, 2019
Undetected for: 57 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 11, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney General

During the incident: Took steps to secure the email account
Launched an in-depth investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident
Notified law enforcement
Enlisted the services of a third-party firm to review the contents of the email account
Changes made: Evaluating and updating, as appropriate, its privacy policies and procedures
Enhanced security awareness training among its workforce
Implemented various additional technical safeguards to further secure the information in its systems
Offered identity monitoring and identity theft consultation and restoration services through Kroll for 12 months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(98 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 71d
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: Dec 31, 2019
→ Notified: Mar 11, 2020
71d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 31, 2019 → Notified: Mar 11, 2020	71d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+97d

California State AG+97d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 7 (CA) — a 97-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/sb24-188964
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 7, 2020
Raw hash: ba74f7df07ef823c08119b792fc7114d8ebba48eeb87e91cc27d352404b374dc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHealthcare Resource Group, Inc.

Victim entityHealthcare Resource Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 31, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure the email account

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov