GEORGIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBECCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial accountMediumResolved

RiverMend Health, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 27, 2017

Filed

Oct 9, 2017

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1,366

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for RiverMend Health, LLC →2 incidents on file

RiverMend Health, LLC reported to HHS on 2017-10-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1366 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee's email was compromised via phishing, leading to fraudulent wire solicitations. PHI, including demographic, clinical, claims, and billing info, was exposed.

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HIPAA clockDiscovered Jul 27, 2017 → Notified Oct 9, 2017✓ HHS notified11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Jul 27, 2017

Begins

Jul 27, 2017

Discovered

Oct 9, 2017

Filed

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Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_f4ea65ab147b862d2017-10-09Verified

Name: RiverMend Health, LLC
norm: rivermend health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: RiverMend Health, LLC
norm: rivermend health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jul 27, 2017
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2017 – Aug 10, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 9, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,366nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Financial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Reset all employee email passwords
Terminated the email forwarding rule
Retained an outside company to conduct a forensic investigation
Changed their information technology vendor to one with more secure practices
Changes made: Changed their information technology vendor to one with more secure practices
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jul 27, 2017
→ Notified: Oct 9, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jul 27, 2017 → Notified: Oct 9, 2017	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGOct 9 · first

HHS OCROct 9 · first · this page

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: Oct 9, 2017
Raw hash: 07cc8d093fe2de6445068488651ba7fa410b0ddb18493f42d1b4e2b13a32ad6c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityRiverMend Health, LLC

Victim entityRiverMend Health, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jul 27, 2017

Stated responseReset all employee email passwords

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

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