ALABAMAMalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Data EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialHealth (basic)High

Burr & Forman LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 23, 2023

Filed

Jan 9, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

19,893

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

93%

Full breach record for Burr & Forman LLP →2 incidents on file

Burr & Forman LLP, an Alabama-based law firm acting as a HIPAA business associate, reported a ransomware incident on 2024-01-09 affecting protected health information of 19,893 individuals. PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, and treatment information, stored on a network server. The firm notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media; posted substitute notice on its website; offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services; and implemented additional technical safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Oct 23, 2023

Discovered

Jan 9, 2024

Filed

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_936f18390c8af16d2024-01-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_0d5c7d285321c1382024-01-10 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_2a488a25ec65f4512024-01-10 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9c70d44242deebc52024-01-10 · +1dVerified

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Illinois State AGbd_9efbd9555e9e6a212024-01-01 · +8dVerified

Name: Burr & Forman LLP
norm: burr forman
Industry: Legal services

Name: Burr & Forman LLP
norm: burr forman
Industry: Legal services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Oct 23, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 19,893nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Ransomware
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach report
Third party: via Burr & Forman LLP

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on website
Offered complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 23, 2023
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 23, 2023 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+8d

HHS OCR+8d · this page

Maine State AG+9d

Vermont State AG+9d

Montana State AG+9d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 10 (MT) — 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: Jan 9, 2024
Raw hash: 069c2b5c18e6f2e8cf2a004f088c029d42cd676fe6fa5d8a6d26b89b8bfc784b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBurr & Forman LLP

Victim entityBurr & Forman LLP

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2023

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing