AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Government IDMediumContained

USR HOLDINGS, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 8, 2018

Filed

Feb 20, 2019

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

223state residents only

Linked

5 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for USR HOLDINGS, LLC →

USR Holdings, LLC notified NH AG of a security breach affecting 223 NH residents. An employee misconfigured a firewall rule on Aug 23, 2018, exposing a database with PHI and PII (names, DOB, SSNs, insurance info) to unauthorized third parties until Dec 8, 2018. USR engaged forensic investigators, disabled the server, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 107 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 74 days

Aug 23, 2018

Begins

Dec 8, 2018

Discovered

Feb 20, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_ecf94e6e20710bbe2019-02-12 · +8dVerified
HHS OCRbd_2fc338bfd8a254272019-02-08 · +12dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_a16cf3c588b4266e2019-01-01 · +50dVerified by operator

Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_d5d8752d980fe0362025-01-08 · +2149dVerified by operator

Name: Melnik Legal PLLC
norm: melnik legal

Name: USR HOLDINGS, LLC
norm: usr holdings
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 8, 2018
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2018 – Dec 8, 2018
Undetected for: 107 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 1, 2019
Affected individuals: 223state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS Office for Civil Rights

During the incident: Disabled access to the database server
Engaged a national digital forensics firm to assist with the investigation
Providing additional staff training
Revisiting its security measures
Offering credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Reporting this incident to the appropriate authorities, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights
Changes made: Providing additional staff training
Revisiting its security measures to reduce the likelihood of a similar incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(74 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+38d

Massachusetts State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+50d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 20 (NH) — a 50-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/usr-holdings-20190220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2019
Raw hash: a471d15de24ef8ba1fa7f3f68ceb33e741c4de53c6a725cdf8cc0c70e8bbb2d9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityMelnik Legal PLLC

Victim entityUSR HOLDINGS, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Dec 8, 2018

Stated responseDisabled access to the database server

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov