AccidentalHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Sharp Health Plan

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

Jan 8, 2024

To disclose

13 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sharp Health Plan →2 incidents on file

Sharp Health Plan confirmed a system error in its vendor's printing software on December 26, 2023, which failed to apply member names to address lines in a bulk mailing. This misdelivery exposed PHI including member name, address, behavioral health provider name, and visit history for 2023. The vendor modified software and QA processes to prevent recurrence. Notices were sent to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 13 days

Dec 19, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

Jan 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_c20ba0bba2832f312024-01-08Verified

Name: Sharp Health Plan
norm: sharp health plan

Name: Sharp Health Plan
norm: sharp health plan
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Filed notification with California Office of the Attorney General
Third party: via Vendor

During the incident: Sending notices to all affected individuals
Posting substitute notice for individuals unable to be reached
Changes made: Vendor modified software to reduce likelihood of recurrence
Vendor modified quality assurance processes to reduce likelihood of recurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 days(13 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRJan 8 · first

California State AGJan 8 · first · this page

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/sb24-579058
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 8, 2024
Raw hash: 16c9c76aee960c5a5d8cc1cb47a19ab1e4204de56527ba63a0999af6234e8d8d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySharp Health Plan

Victim entitySharp Health Plan

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2023

Stated responseSending notices to all affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov