VIRGINIAMalwareHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Colonial Behavioral Health

bd_7053994b55b7f561 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 27, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

29,930

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Colonial Behavioral Health →

Colonial Behavioral Health reported to HHS on 2024-11-27 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 29,930 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license numbers, SSNs, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, and implemented new safeguards.

J jump to incidentP pin to compareR raw source

Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d

⚠ 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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 27, 2024

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

A leak claim by qilin about this victim predates this filing by 181 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Siteqilinbd_487ddd05edc3459c2024-05-30 · +181dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_593368fddc814c5f2024-11-27Verified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_5b862a99b1ba176c2024-12-02 · +5dVerified

Name: Colonial Behavioral Health
norm: colonial behavioral health
Domain: colonialbh.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Colonial Behavioral Health
norm: colonial behavioral health
Domain: colonialbh.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 29,930nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Changes made: Updated its HIPAA policies and procedures to prevent future security incidents
Implemented new administrative and technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >180dHHS 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 · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Massachusetts State AGNov 27 · first

HHS OCRNov 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 27 (MA), last Dec 2 (NH) — a 5-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://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 27, 2024
Raw hash: 20a4dc9b5fbb33c716e8794c4067701e0d95c111819995dd2170aa2cf175823f

AI-assisted summary above. The structured extract on this page was generated from the document below. Inspect the source to verify or correct any field.

text/html1.6 KB

Download View at source

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColonial Behavioral Health

Victim entityColonial Behavioral Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing