NEW JERSEYHackingHealthcareHealthcareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)PIIHighResolved

BioReference Laboratories Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 30, 2019

To disclose

—

Affected

425,749

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for BioReference Laboratories Inc. →5 incidents on file

BioReference Laboratories, Inc. (NJ) reported to HHS OCR on 2019-07-30 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 425,749 individuals. The breach occurred at business associate Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), which was the victim of a cyber-attack. ePHI exposed included names, birthdates, clinical information, health insurance information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media; implemented additional administrative safeguards; and terminated its relationship with AMCA. OCR investigation completed.

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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

Jul 30, 2019

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

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

Part of Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_69fcf13ab30ca0f02019-07-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_09e34cde237c72142019-07-31 · +1dVerified

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 425,749nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PII
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation completed; covered entity implemented additional administrative safeguardsCE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Third party: via Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA)

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Terminated business relationship with AMCA (business associate)
Implemented additional administrative safeguards
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented to better protect sensitive data
Business relationship with AMCA terminated
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 · 3 filings · 3 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 30 · first

HHS OCRJul 30 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+1d

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: Jul 30, 2019
Raw hash: c13d76379e7f52014414e94f472e6cceb8d815171807a40165cab09266a5aabd

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

Victim entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing