HackingHealthcareHealthcareTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Lifeline Systems Company

bd_842046e87b3a2717 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 6, 2022

Filed

Sep 7, 2023

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lifeline Systems Company →3 incidents on file

Lifeline Systems Company reported a security incident where an unauthorized person accessed its network between July 27 and August 6, 2022. The incident involved the acquisition of subscriber documents containing PII. Lifeline engaged forensic investigators, isolated systems, and offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday13 months discovery → filing

⚠ 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

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 397 days

Jul 27, 2022

Begins

Aug 6, 2022

Discovered

Sep 7, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+44 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0ce3a4f1c4f26c5a2023-09-07Candidate
California State AGbd_1dd0766483a91fd42023-09-07Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_83a4f5aa36ea64662023-09-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_84a15746d214bcf32023-09-07Verified

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Washington State AGbd_94595bafed06f5612023-09-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9902a85fee5bbffa2023-09-07Verified
Montana State AGbd_bccf54a1e5a317292023-09-07Verified

Name: Lifeline Systems Company
norm: lifeline systems

Name: Lifeline Systems Company
norm: lifeline systems
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 6, 2022
Breach occurred: Jul 27, 2022 – Aug 6, 2022
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 7, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Initiated incident response protocols
Isolated potentially impacted systems and network functions
Began an investigation with the assistance of a computer forensics firm
Initiated a review of the documents involved
Offering a one-year complimentary membership to Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Enhanced existing network monitoring capabilities
Will continue to regularly audit systems for any unauthorized activity
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(397 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
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.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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Maine State AGSep 7 · first

California State AGSep 7 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 7 · first

Massachusetts State AGSep 7 · first

Washington State AGSep 7 · first

Indiana State AGSep 7 · first

Montana State AGSep 7 · first

Vermont State AGSep 7 · 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-09-07-lifeline-systems-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 7, 2023
Raw hash: 1b4cb9e19ddfe82c727751ebe867125b4aa50729d89c649dd5fc02be2116f87e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLifeline Systems Company

Victim entityLifeline Systems Company

Incidentdiscovered Aug 6, 2022

Stated responseInitiated incident response protocols

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov