HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)MediumContained

Meridian Health Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2020

Filed

Apr 27, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Meridian Health Services →

Meridian Health Services Corp. notified the NH AG of an incident where unauthorized parties accessed employee email accounts between Dec 9-11, 2019. The breach exposed names, DOBs, SSNs, driver's licenses, payment card info, and limited medical data of 7 NH residents. MHS reset credentials and engaged forensic investigators.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 80 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Dec 9, 2019

Begins

Feb 27, 2020

Discovered

Apr 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_242aa7a088e2a3342020-04-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_6b7f3e9e37fbf0dd2020-04-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9886050c933d7e7e2020-04-27Verified
Montana State AGbd_9fe0c2781d71b9f72020-04-27Verified

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Illinois State AGbd_78f123bcce87cdcd2020-01-01 · +117dCandidate

Name: Meridian Health Services
norm: meridian health
Domain: meridianhs.org

Name: Meridian Health Services
norm: meridian health
Domain: meridianhs.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2019 – Dec 11, 2019
Undetected for: 80 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 27, 2020
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Resetting the email account credentials
Retaining a leading forensic security firm to investigate and confirm the overall security of its email and computer systems
Secured the email accounts to prevent further access
Conducted a comprehensive search for any personal information in the impacted email accounts
Changes made: Reviewing our technical controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+117d

HHS OCR+117d

Indiana State AG+117d

Montana State AG+117d

New Hampshire State AG+117d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 27 (NH) — a 117-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/meridian-health-services-20200427.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 27, 2020
Raw hash: bf56b2857d4c75b1b1dd36dd6e1de2a8778fcc0a7c249a1b457864e9b0ea2a00

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeridian Health Services

Victim entityMeridian Health Services

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2020

Stated responseResetting the email account credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov