HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

The AFTRA Retirement Fund

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2019

Filed

Feb 25, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for The AFTRA Retirement Fund →3 incidents on file

AFTRA Retirement Fund notified individuals of unauthorized access to its network between October 24 and October 28, 2019. The incident was discovered on October 28, 2019. AFTRA acted as a business associate for the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan. Potentially affected data includes PHI and PII. The organization engaged forensic experts, reviewed affected files, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Oct 24, 2019

Begins

Oct 28, 2019

Discovered

Feb 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+8 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2c0928d8cd6c12b32020-02-25Verified
Washington State AGbd_3827b8b1b244c4f02020-02-25Verified
Indiana State AGbd_3f2ecb95654182522020-02-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4365216e08330aa42020-02-25Verified

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HHS OCRbd_9ca97b1dae5250542020-02-25Verified
Oregon State AGbd_fa2dfc25d9f345f52020-02-25Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6d1c9d71c86bc8ec2020-03-02 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_91abcdb4abb9fbea2020-01-01 · +55dCandidate

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement

Name: The AFTRA Retirement Fund
norm: the aftra retirement
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2019
Breach occurred: Oct 24, 2019 – Oct 28, 2019
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Regulator citations: Notifying the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human ServicesNotifying any required state or federal regulators
Third party: via SAG-AFTRA Health Plan

During the incident: Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Engaged a third-party forensic expert to assist with the investigation
Reviewed all files and folders that may have been accessed to determine what sensitive information they may contain
Completed an analysis of the contents of the files and folders
Prepared a list of potentially impacted individuals
Reviewing its existing security measures
Working to implement additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Notifying the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services
Notifying any required state or federal regulators
Offering 12 months of complimentary identity monitoring services through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing its existing security measures
Working to implement additional safeguards to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+55d

Washington State AG+55d

Indiana State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+55d

HHS OCR+55d

Oregon State AG+55d

California State AG+55d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+61d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 2 (NH) — a 61-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/sb24-187705
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2020
Raw hash: 8ff74d27c7cc09e3248436ae740a7b7d042272bbaae5b43acc2d20f13cc90abe

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Victim entityThe AFTRA Retirement Fund

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2019

Stated responseLaunched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov