CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Supply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Brightline

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Feb 6, 2023

Filed

Apr 20, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

180,694

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

93%

Full breach record for Brightline →

Brightline, Inc. (a Business Associate, CA) reported to HHS on 2023-04-20 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 180,694 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. Brightline's third-party provider was the victim of a cyber-attack exposing PHI including names, dates of birth, addresses, member and group ID numbers, and gender identification. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, provided substitute notice, offered credit monitoring, and implemented additional security safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance on HIPAA rules.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 73 days

Feb 6, 2023

Discovered

Apr 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 26 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 35 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_a1b16fb406ed3ce92023-04-21 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_5ea7d3fbb2a5464a2023-04-19 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ab681e087aaa2ef42023-04-17 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_163db05cc4cb89582023-05-02 · +12dVerified by operator

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California State AGbd_0868c3f9cf5006022023-05-10 · +20dVerified
HHS OCRbd_4c63e3855981b1222023-05-10 · +20dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b69375073a6e96d42023-05-10 · +20dVerified
California State AGbd_d59ed55c5ee4770a2023-05-12 · +22dVerified
California State AGbd_bf99fc2a4df4a34d2023-05-17 · +27dVerified
HHS OCRbd_f567c60a6fd57cc42023-05-26 · +36dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 6, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 180,694nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; provided substitute notice.
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
Implemented additional security and technical safeguards.
Changes made: Additional security and technical safeguards implemented.
Credit monitoring services provided to affected individuals.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: Leak >30dHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 6, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 6, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 17 · first

Vermont State AG+2d

HHS OCR+3d · this page

California State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+15d

California State AG+23d

HHS OCR+23d

Maine State AG+23d

California State AG+25d

California State AG+30d

HHS OCR+39d

Pattern: first filing Apr 17 (NH), last May 26 (CA) — a 39-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 25 — the full spread may be wider.

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: Apr 20, 2023
Raw hash: 4dcec7724f133abe4dcec71362e78f10cb8aa2a137632fd21bcb2edb90b444d1

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline

Victim entityBrightline

Incidentdiscovered Feb 6, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; provided substitute notice.

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing