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HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsBECSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Wire FraudCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowResolved

Highmark Inc

bd_b0ec3199cadaa20c · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 27, 2021

Filed

Jun 24, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Highmark Inc8 incidents on file

Highmark Inc. notified California residents of a data breach involving its vendor, MultiPlan Inc. On January 27, 2021, MultiPlan identified unauthorized access to an employee's email account by an external actor. The incident occurred between December 23, 2020, and January 27, 2021. The actor's goal was to divert wire payments (Business Email Compromise). Personal information, potentially including account details, may have been accessed. MultiPlan terminated access, changed credentials, engaged forensics, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals were offered two years of credit monitoring. MultiPlan implemented remediation measures including reinforced email authentication and phishing training.

California clockDiscovered Jan 27, 2021Notified Oct 7, 2021253d CA 60-day late21 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 35 days
discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 148 days

Dec 23, 2020

Begins

Jan 27, 2021

Discovered

Jun 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGJun 24 · first
California State AGJun 24 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 24 (MT), last Jun 30 (IN) — a 6-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.