CALIFORNIAHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 20, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

31,104

Linked

5 records

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. →

Community Research Foundation reported to HHS on 2023-06-20 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 31,104 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI compromised included names, addresses, DOB, SSN, driver's license, diagnoses, and treatment info.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 20, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitealphvbd_89acd6c85baa9ce62022-11-16 · +216dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_04ccb7b8d369e6282023-06-29 · +9dCandidate
California State AGbd_090a863c4f2966f22023-06-29 · +9dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4c6082bd699bd1122023-06-29 · +9dVerified by operator

Name: COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: community research
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: COMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
norm: community research
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 31,104nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated CollectionT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigation conducted

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented new technical safeguards
Revised policies and procedures
Provided individuals with free credit monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRJun 20 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+9d

California State AG+9d

Massachusetts State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jun 20 (CA), last Jun 29 (MA) — a 9-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: Jun 20, 2023
Raw hash: 6de37d5598f620b86401082673f69001740853e3a793e4362cc3754470b12fe7

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCOMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

Victim entityCOMMUNITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing