HackingHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

Oct 3, 2023

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

19 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing →6 incidents on file

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) disclosed a data breach involving personal information of Health First Colorado and CHP+ members and providers. The incident occurred on May 28, 2023, when an unauthorized actor accessed files on the MOVEit Transfer application used by third-party vendor IBM. HCPF discovered the issue on May 31, 2023. Affected data included full names, business mailing addresses, business phone numbers, and Social Security numbers (if used as taxpayer ID). No provider portal credentials or financial account information were involved. HCPF offered two years of credit monitoring and identity restoration via Experian.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

May 31, 2023

Discovered

Oct 3, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 19 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4107138ac65485a02023-10-03Verified
Vermont State AGbd_501ce56cdd46ef112023-10-03Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a9f8eee865a209bb2023-10-03Verified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_bc4561bd8522923f2023-10-03Verified

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Maine State AGbd_276c06374e7a08fc2024-02-19 · +139dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_5167088d02685ddf2024-02-19 · +139dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_5ebd8c098e6a6f5f2024-02-19 · +139dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_6f832e7ad75b6a0c2024-02-19 · +139dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_90735d0659ea8b492024-02-19 · +139dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3f112b2ddad6d7a2024-02-20 · +140dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 18 linked disclosures.

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov
Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: May 31, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 3, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched an investigation immediately to determine impacted systems
Reviewed and updated where necessary their policies, procedures and cybersecurity safeguards
Offering two years of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services provided through Experian
Established a call center to answer additional questions
Changes made: Reviewed and updated where necessary their policies, procedures and cybersecurity safeguards to further protect their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGOct 3 · first

Vermont State AGOct 3 · first

New Hampshire State AGOct 3 · first

Delaware State AGOct 3 · first

California State AGOct 3 · first · this page

Maine State AG+139d

Oregon State AG+139d

Vermont State AG+139d

Delaware State AG+139d

California State AG+139d

New Hampshire State AG+140d

Pattern: first filing Oct 3 (ME), last Feb 20 (NH) — a 140-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 18 — 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-574615
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 3, 2023
Raw hash: 737c2a7599f71083a300eab189e30a2789f43dbf1d8289f5806eaeabdce75451

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Victim entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation immediately to determine impacted systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov