PENNSYLVANIASocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancialCriticalContained

Highmark Inc

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 10, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

239,039

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Highmark Inc →8 incidents on file

Highmark, Inc. reported to HHS on 2023-02-10 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 239,039 individuals. Breached information located on Email. An employee was subject to an email phishing scheme that effected PHI including names, DOB, driver’s license numbers, addresses, SSNs, claims, financial information, diagnoses, and medications. Highmark implemented additional safeguards and provided cybersecurity training to staff.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Feb 10, 2023

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_67a2105beb6464002023-02-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_b1db1c0f4716a2872023-02-10Verified
Delaware State AGbd_b2b69efe74984e652023-02-10Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_f08d1e5c8ae3fa0f2023-02-07 · +3dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_942a588b7d88d2c32023-02-06 · +4dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_9b2ceab0938674db2023-02-15 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_e3ddb304e00287ca2023-02-03 · +7dCandidate
Maine State AGbd_f75581b2eb9ebe572023-02-03 · +7dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_445a421e449e6ca32023-06-26 · +136dVerified

Name: Highmark Inc
norm: highmark
Domain: highmark.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Highmark Inc
norm: highmark
Domain: highmark.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 239,039nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data
All staff were provided additional cybersecurity training including instruction on proper identification of fraudulent email communications
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 8 states

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California State AGFeb 3 · first

Maine State AGFeb 3 · first

Washington State AG+3d

South Carolina State AG+4d

HHS OCR+7d

Indiana State AG+7d

Delaware State AG+7d

HHS OCR+7d · this page

Delaware State AG+12d

New Hampshire State AG+143d

Pattern: first filing Feb 3 (CA), last Jun 26 (NH) — a 143-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://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: Feb 10, 2023
Raw hash: c46588c64fc314a45326b3de4f36e108283f943fd9f971ea9d5ed5702d16f10a

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHighmark Inc

Victim entityHighmark Inc

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing