HackingHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareStolen CredentialsCapture Stored DataSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2023

Filed

Aug 1, 2023

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

726state residents only

Linked

19 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing →6 incidents on file

Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) notified residents of a breach involving its third-party vendor IBM's MOVEit Transfer application. Unauthorized access occurred on or about May 28, 2023, affecting PHI and PII of Medicaid/CHP+ members. HCPF discovered the incident on June 13, 2023, and began notifying affected individuals on August 11, 2023. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 16 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

May 28, 2023

Begins

Jun 13, 2023

Discovered

Aug 1, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 19 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_4107138ac65485a02023-10-03 · +63dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_501ce56cdd46ef112023-10-03 · +63dVerified
California State AGbd_a36dbca8821d58c12023-10-03 · +63dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a9f8eee865a209bb2023-10-03 · +63dVerified by operator

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Maine State AGbd_276c06374e7a08fc2024-02-19 · +202dVerified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_5167088d02685ddf2024-02-19 · +202dVerified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_5ebd8c098e6a6f5f2024-02-19 · +202dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_6f832e7ad75b6a0c2024-02-19 · +202dVerified by operator
California State AGbd_90735d0659ea8b492024-02-19 · +202dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3f112b2ddad6d7a2024-02-20 · +203dVerified by operator

Showing first 10 of 18 linked disclosures.

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov

Name: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
norm: colorado department of health care policy and financing
Domain: hcpf.colorado.gov
Industry: HealthcarellmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2023
Breach occurred: May 28, 2023
Undetected for: 16 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 11, 2023
Affected individuals: 726state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Third party: via IBM
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Launched an investigation to understand whether the incident impacted our own systems
Confirmed that no other HCPF systems or databases were impacted
Providing access to credit monitoring services for individuals whose personal information was potentially affected
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Notifying the three major credit reporting agencies
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Notifying prominent media pursuant to HIPAA
Set up a call center to answer additional questions
Changes made: Reviewing policies, procedures and cybersecurity safeguards to further protect their systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(49 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 6 states

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New Hampshire State AGAug 1 · first · this page

Maine State AG+63d

Vermont State AG+63d

California State AG+63d

New Hampshire State AG+63d

Maine State AG+202d

Oregon State AG+202d

Vermont State AG+202d

Delaware State AG+202d

California State AG+202d

New Hampshire State AG+203d

Pattern: first filing Aug 1 (NH), last Feb 20 (NH) — a 203-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 18 — the full spread may be wider.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/colorado-department-health-care-policy-financing-20230801.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 1, 2023
Raw hash: cc24f02fbcbe1abb0b195414f8ccc8854668ce454e81962a8fdd603af2f5d53c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Victim entityColorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to understand whether the incident impacted our own systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov