DisclosureLens
HackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

VNS Health Health Plans

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jun 21, 2023

Filed

Aug 14, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

103,7751 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

75%
Full breach record for VNS Health Health Plans →2 incidents on file

VNS Health Health Plans reported a data breach that occurred at its HIPAA business associate, Cognizant/TMG. The breach was described as an external system breach (hacking) and resulted in the compromise of names and Social Security Numbers.

Maine clockDiscovered Jun 21, 2023 → Filed with AG Aug 14, 202354d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 22 days
discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 54 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Jun 21, 2023

Discovered

Aug 14, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
HHS OCRAug 14 · first
Maine State AGAug 14 · 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.