Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBECCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)PIIIdentity (basic)MediumContained

Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 27, 2024

Filed

Nov 8, 2024

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected · nationwide

22,45938 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc. reported a business email compromise affecting 22,459 individuals, including 38 Maine residents. The incident was discovered on February 27, 2024, involving unauthorized access to an employee email account containing PHI and PII. Notifications were sent on November 7, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Feb 27, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 8, 2024255d ✗ ME AG >90d36 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 255 days

Feb 27, 2024

Begins

Feb 27, 2024

Discovered

Nov 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+24 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_be9a61b0b44443072024-11-08Verified
Montana State AGbd_b5c9d1d7c11007422024-11-07 · +1dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_741f833d0427e9b52024-11-18 · +10dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Health & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc.
norm: health palliative services of the treasure coast
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 27, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 22,459state + nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Engaged a third-party vendor to review the data in the compromised account
Conducted a manual review of the impacted individuals
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through Cyberscout
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Retraining employees
Updating policies
Implementing a weekly security scan of the site
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(255 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 255dME resident >180d · 254d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Nov 8, 2024
255d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Feb 27, 2024
→ Notified: Nov 7, 2024
254d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Feb 27, 2024 → Filed with AG: Nov 8, 2024	255d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Feb 27, 2024 → Notified: Nov 7, 2024	254d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGNov 7 · first

Vermont State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+11d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 18 (NH) — a 11-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/52d0c323-35c8-46c5-b1ac-9fc838c6dec9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 8, 2024
Raw hash: 27973be7fd4af13fc6dde4ab9aeb5269f15566442e328fc02566c92efce45586

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityHealth & Palliative Services of the Treasure Coast, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 27, 2024

Stated responseEngaged a specialized cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov