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

Meridian Health Services

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 11, 2019

Filed

Apr 27, 2020

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Meridian Health Services →

Meridian Health Services Corp. notified individuals that unauthorized third-party access to employee email accounts occurred between Dec 9-11, 2019. Impacted data included names, DOB, SSN, driver's licenses, payment card info, and limited medical info. The company reset credentials and retained forensic investigators. A complimentary one-year Experian IdentityWorks membership was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 138 days

Dec 9, 2019

Begins

Dec 11, 2019

Discovered

Apr 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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
New Hampshire State AGbd_8fcd970d47ca08d42020-04-27Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9886050c933d7e7e2020-04-27Verified

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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: Dec 11, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 9, 2019 – Dec 11, 2019
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Reset the credentials of the impacted email accounts
Retained a leading forensic security firm to investigate
Changes made: Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorksSM Credit 3B
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(138 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

New Hampshire State AG+117d

Indiana State AG+117d

Montana State AG+117d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 27 (MT) — 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/General-Notice-79.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: 776f613b355ef2f002ac6d0144c4b316aefb9961a8f89bacb5d928495d3f6c1e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMeridian Health Services

Victim entityMeridian Health Services

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2019

Stated responseReset the credentials of the impacted email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov