MARYLANDHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Griffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 24, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

2,693

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Griffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan →

Griffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan reported to HHS on 2021-09-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2693 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and health insurance info.

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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

Sep 24, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,693 affectedView incident

Name: Griffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan
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Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Griffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan
norm: griffith energy services inc welfare benefit plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,693nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated CollectionT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

During the incident: Updated its policies and procedures
Implemented additional physical and technical safeguards
Retrained its staff
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Updated its policies and procedures
Implemented additional physical and technical safeguards
Retrained its staff
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.

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: Sep 24, 2021
Raw hash: f71f41ca6b81243921775e1c51fcf0c5d9e630d26fa4c979c8b20fa8d5bd94e1

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Reporting entityGriffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan

Victim entityGriffith Energy Services Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseUpdated its policies and procedures

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing