CONNECTICUTHackingHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Women's Health USA, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 15, 2019

Filed

Mar 29, 2019

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

17,531

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Women's Health USA, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Women’s Health USA, Inc. reported to HHS on 2019-03-29 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 17,531 individuals. Breached information located on Desktop Computer, Email. A phishing attack targeted employee emails, resulting in unauthorized auto-forwarding of PHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, and treatment info. CE implemented 2FA, retrained staff, and disabled forwarding.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ 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 · 6 weeks / 42 days

Feb 15, 2019

Discovered

Mar 29, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_eddbc8d8494c8c8a2019-03-29Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_2e3ec1b65abaf62a2019-05-06 · +38dCandidate

Name: Women's Health USA, Inc.
norm: women s health usa
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Women's Health USA, Inc.
norm: women s health usa
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 15, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 17,531nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Desktop computerEmail
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHS
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Began implementing two-factor authentication
Retrained employees
Disabled email forwarding capabilities
Changes made: Implemented two-factor authentication
Retrained employees on security policies
Disabled email forwarding capabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS 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 15, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 15, 2019
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 15, 2019 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 29 · first

HHS OCRMar 29 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+38d

Pattern: first filing Mar 29 (MA), last May 6 (NH) — a 38-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: Mar 29, 2019
Raw hash: 4c26aacf601eefac35b4f659c36167807f8346d35b9d07e1abb8d1321cabea7c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWomen's Health USA, Inc.

Victim entityWomen's Health USA, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 15, 2019

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing