MASSACHUSETTSMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Advocates

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

Jan 21, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

70,031

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Advocates →5 incidents on file

Advocates, Inc. reported to HHS on 2022-01-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 70,031 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting PHI (including SSN, driver's license, diagnoses, and treatment info). The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, offered credit monitoring, and implemented security safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 112 days

Oct 1, 2021

Discovered

Jan 21, 2022

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

Maine State AGbd_0ad63238657fc2992022-01-03 · +18dVerified
Montana State AGbd_1e399d8c6abbd1732022-01-03 · +18dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_a6db0b747ef011092022-01-03 · +18dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c3635bfee320e45a2022-01-03 · +18dVerified

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Illinois State AGbd_d9ba6a35e235e6302022-01-01 · +20dCandidate

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 70,031nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Offered free credit monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Retrained staff in their requirements to protect and secure PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2021 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 1, 2021 → 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

Maine State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

Indiana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d

HHS OCR+20d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jan 21 (MA) — a 20-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 21, 2022
Raw hash: 11e3d95b15ec6147032d9ea807e51b35cdeda2c6bf35acc8762d075f67a74461

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvocates

Victim entityAdvocates

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2021

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing