VERMONTSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

The Richards Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 24, 2020

Filed

Jan 28, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

15,429

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for The Richards Group →3 incidents on file

The Richards Group (VT, Business Associate) reported to HHS on 2021-01-28 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 15,429 individuals. An employee was the victim of an email phishing attack that compromised PHI including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and health insurance and treatment information. Breached information located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring, and retrained staff on email security.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 65 days

Nov 24, 2020

Discovered

Jan 28, 2021

Filed

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_21cdb6e1e405d0862021-02-17 · +20dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_eada6609771244da2021-02-17 · +20dVerified

Name: The Richards Group
norm: the richards
Industry: Business Associate

Name: The Richards Group
norm: the richards
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Nov 24, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 15,429nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notification
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified media
Posted substitute notice on website
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Retrained staff on email security
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented
Additional technical safeguards implemented
Staff retrained on email security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Nov 24, 2020
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Nov 24, 2020 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRJan 28 · first · this page

Maine State AG+20d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Jan 28 (VT), last Feb 17 (MA) — a 20-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://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: Jan 28, 2021
Raw hash: 0b85e820db8c16b60ce26aa8d31f2d7ac533f42a2642f6a9a12e618e0dbfb6cb

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityThe Richards Group

Victim entityThe Richards Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 24, 2020

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing