HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Business Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumContained

Sharp Health Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 17, 2023

Filed

Jan 8, 2024

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Sharp Health Plan notified California residents that their PHI was accessed via a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer software used by business associate Delta Dental. The unauthorized access occurred between May 27 and May 30, 2023. Affected data included names, SSNs, and dental treatment info. Delta Dental engaged forensics and notified law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 174 days

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 52 days

May 27, 2023

Begins

Nov 17, 2023

Discovered

Jan 8, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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_e9342999a8ee5c7f2024-01-08Verified by operator

Name: Sharp Health Plan
norm: sharp health plan

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

Discovered: Nov 17, 2023
Breach occurred: May 27, 2023 – May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 174 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Delta Dental
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged independent third-party experts in computer forensics, analytics, and data mining
Notified law enforcement
Changes made: Taking appropriate measures to do everything that we reasonably can to prevent any similar incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 7 weeks(52 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/sb24-579056
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: 18a637e841f354445c28c8808dafe4ade42df2a21658546215baea320688a3cb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySharp Health Plan

Victim entitySharp Health Plan

Incidentdiscovered Nov 17, 2023

Stated responseEngaged independent third-party experts in computer forensics, analytics, and data mining

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov