HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumActive

Shields Health Care Group, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 28, 2022

Filed

Jul 22, 2022

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

158state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Shields Health Care Group, Inc. →6 incidents on file

Shields Health Care Group, Inc. notified individuals of a security incident where an unknown actor accessed systems from March 7-21, 2022. Data compromised included names, SSNs, DOBs, addresses, and PHI. Shields engaged forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, rebuilt systems, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 21 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 116 days

Mar 7, 2022

Begins

Mar 28, 2022

Discovered

Jul 22, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_2e845bf7be75aac12022-07-22Candidate
California State AGbd_31e1580fc13fc22a2022-07-22Verified
Oregon State AGbd_9fcea963280901ef2022-07-22Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6cf75313cd35acf82022-07-26 · +4dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 276d gap

Vermont State AGbd_8e834a0cb07d4cf92023-04-19 · +271dVerified
California State AGbd_f4afa3fde068325b2023-04-19 · +271dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_0c28877aa52077522023-04-24 · +276dVerified

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: May 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 158state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcementreporting this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Activated incident response protocols
Launched an investigation with third-party forensics specialists
Notified law enforcement
Rebuilt certain systems on our network
Offering free identity monitoring services for twenty-four (24) months through Kroll
Changes made: Working to review and enhance these protections as part of our ongoing commitment to data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(116 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 6 states

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Washington State AGJul 22 · first

California State AGJul 22 · first

Oregon State AGJul 22 · first

Montana State AGJul 22 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Vermont State AG+271d

California State AG+271d

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?

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-418.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 22, 2022
Raw hash: d2bd01ce9f67da105dfe7868cc56d47f1e4f7e1a289482c2aa07541dd3e8fea9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Victim entityShields Health Care Group, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 28, 2022

Stated responseActivated incident response protocols

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov