HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareStolen CredentialsDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Apr 19, 2023

To disclose

13 months

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

14 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Shields Health Care Group, Inc. →4 incidents on file

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. notified consumers of a data security incident where an unknown actor accessed systems between March 7 and March 21, 2022. The breach potentially exposed personal information including names and government identifiers. Shields engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, rebuilt systems, and offered 24 months of identity monitoring through Kroll.

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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 · 21 days

discovery → filing · 13 months / 387 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Apr 19, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+46 wks slower

This filing is one of 14 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_6858fa9ec9086f9e2023-04-19Verified by operator
California State AGbd_f4afa3fde068325b2023-04-19Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c28877aa52077522023-04-24 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6cf75313cd35acf82022-07-26 · +267dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 271d gap

Indiana State AGbd_949962535a156bfc2022-07-25 · +268dVerified by operator
Washington State AGbd_2e845bf7be75aac12022-07-22 · +271dCandidate
California State AGbd_31e1580fc13fc22a2022-07-22 · +271dVerified
Maine State AGbd_6323f931092b3aa82022-07-22 · +271dVerified by operator
Montana State AGbd_9109906827c3157e2022-07-22 · +271dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_9fcea963280901ef2022-07-22 · +271dVerified

Showing first 10 of 13 linked disclosures.

Name: Shields Health Care Group, Inc.
norm: shields health care
Domain: shields.com

Name: Shields Health Care Group, Inc.
norm: shields health care
Domain: shields.com
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Mar 28, 2022
Breach occurred: Mar 7, 2022 – Mar 21, 2022
Undetected for: 21 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 19, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: provided notices to some individuals and regulators last year
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Activated its incident response protocols
Notified law enforcement
Launched an investigation with third-party forensics specialists
Rebuilt certain systems on its network
Offering free identity monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months through Kroll
Changes made: Reviewing and enhancing safeguards to protect data
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(387 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 · 11 filings · 8 states

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Washington State AGJul 22 · first

California State AGJul 22 · first

Maine State AGJul 22 · first

Montana State AGJul 22 · first

Oregon State AGJul 22 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Maine State AG+271d

California State AG+271d

Vermont State AG+271d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+276d

Pattern: first filing Jul 22 (WA), last Apr 24 (NH) — a 276-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 13 — the full spread may be wider.

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/2023-04-19-shields-health-care-group-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 19, 2023
Raw hash: 0ba53f5ba1bc2f79683b4ac001e109ffc1ff555f5912c64a8174838ed4df55fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Victim entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2022

Stated responseActivated its incident response protocols

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov