MISSOURIHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

BELDEN INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 2, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

9,840

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for BELDEN INC. →3 incidents on file

Belden Inc. reported to HHS on 2021-04-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 9,840 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved PHI including names, DOBs, SSNs, and health insurance info. The entity notified HHS, individuals, media, and law enforcement, provided credit monitoring, and implemented safeguards.

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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

Apr 2, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed9,840 affectedView incident

Name: BELDEN INC.
norm: belden
Domain: belden.com
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: BELDEN INC.
norm: belden
Domain: belden.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 9,840nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
Changes made: Implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards
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.

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: Apr 2, 2021
Raw hash: a25fef639bcf911dcc5ce98278eccb2fb00b5188f435765863ccb79533099bf0

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Reporting entityBELDEN INC.

Victim entityBELDEN INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and law enforcement

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing