ARKANSASMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumContained

Usable Mutual Insurance Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 25, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

8,871

Confidence

68%

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USAble Mutual Insurance Company dba Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield reported to HHS on 2022-08-25 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 8,871 individuals. The breach involved a business associate experiencing a ransomware attack. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, dates of birth, and diagnoses.

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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

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed8,871 affectedView incident

Name: Usable Mutual Insurance Company
norm: usable mutual insurance
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Usable Mutual Insurance Company
norm: usable mutual insurance
Also named: USAble Mutual Insurance Companydba oflegal entity
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shielddba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 8,871nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: The CE notified HHSOCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule

During the incident: The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice
The BA implemented additional technical safeguards
The BA retrained its employees
The BA provided affected individuals with complimentary credit monitoring services
OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
Changes made: The BA implemented additional technical safeguards
The BA retrained its employees
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: Aug 25, 2022
Raw hash: ebf4f08675305302c32b45999a52b0a11fec65a39c825e43a6572dbdd78a764f

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Reporting entityUsable Mutual Insurance Company

Victim entityUsable Mutual Insurance Company

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseThe CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing