DisclosureLens
MisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)PHIHealth (basic)LowActive

Mellow

bd_714778106e4fb93b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 3, 2024

Filed

Jan 3, 2024

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Mellow

Mellow Massage Hollywood disclosed an insider breach involving a former employee who unauthorizedly accessed and texted patient contact information (name, email, phone) from his new practice. The incident was discovered on January 3, 2024, when patients reported receiving texts from the former provider. The organization confirmed that payment information was not accessed, but potential exposure of personal medical files is under investigation. Law enforcement has been notified.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Jan 3, 2024

Discovered

Jan 3, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

13 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

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.