MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

medQ, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

May 29, 2024

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for medQ, Inc. →2 incidents on file

medQ, Inc. experienced a ransomware incident where files were encrypted and copied by an unauthorized actor between December 20 and December 26, 2023. The breach affected PHI, including names, SSNs, driver's license numbers, diagnoses, and lab results. medQ disconnected the network, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 26, 2023 → Notified May 20, 2024146d ✗ CA 60-day late22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 155 days

Dec 20, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

May 29, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_c4a29c2a879476bb2024-03-13 · +77dVerified
HHS OCRbd_47b1f8800add20a62024-02-23 · +96dVerified
California State AGbd_5a44626b9e34f6582024-02-23 · +96dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bb9314f65e0432352024-02-23 · +96dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_bdb2089ed777401b2024-02-23 · +96dVerified
Maine State AGbd_dcfa5a8e797d467d2024-02-23 · +96dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_e84e7d460997ea882024-02-23 · +96dVerified

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 20, 2023 – Dec 26, 2023
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 20, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Disconnected the network in the medQ Platform
Engaged legal counsel to provide legal advice for an investigation into the incident
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Conducted a robust review of the data to identify individuals whose information may have been impacted
Arranged for you to receive a complimentary 12-month subscription to Equifax 1B Credit Watch Gold monitoring at no cost to you
Changes made: Implemented and will continue to adopt additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(155 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 146d
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 26, 2023
→ Notified: May 20, 2024
146d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 26, 2023 → Notified: May 20, 2024	146d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRFeb 23 · first

California State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 23 · first

Maine State AGFeb 23 · first

Montana State AGFeb 23 · first

New Hampshire State AG+19d

California State AG+96d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (TX), last May 29 (CA) — a 96-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/sb24-586082
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 29, 2024
Raw hash: 3a222e38c243215ee661a7d619dc1e92632106a2831e430106342f79d620dc16

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitymedQ, Inc.

Victim entitymedQ, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected the network in the medQ Platform

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov