HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Apria Healthcare LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 5, 2016

Filed

Oct 20, 2016

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

912state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Apria Healthcare LLC →6 incidents on file

On August 5, 2016, Apria Healthcare discovered unauthorized access to an employee's email account. The incident potentially exposed personal and medical information, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and diagnosis information, for 912 California residents. Apria Healthcare engaged forensic experts, changed credentials, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. No evidence of data exfiltration was found.

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California clockDiscovered Aug 5, 2016 → Notified Oct 4, 201660d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 76 days

Aug 5, 2016

Begins

Aug 5, 2016

Discovered

Oct 20, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_030aa96547f5e4da2016-10-20Candidate
HHS OCRbd_0c096a0a3641dc002016-10-04 · +16dVerified

Name: Apria Healthcare LLC
norm: apria healthcare
Domain: apria.com

Name: Apria Healthcare LLC
norm: apria healthcare
Domain: apria.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 5, 2016
Breach occurred: Aug 5, 2016
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 4, 2016
Affected individuals: 912state-resident count only
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately launched an internal investigation
Retained third-party forensic experts to assist in the investigation
Changed the employee’s log-in credentials
Restored the security of the system
Undertook a thorough analysis and review of all documents within the email account
Offering potentially affected individuals complimentary access to twelve (12) months of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services with AllClear ID
Providing potentially affected individuals with information on how to protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to other state regulators where required
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(76 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 60d
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
California
Discovered: Aug 5, 2016
→ Notified: Oct 4, 2016
60d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Aug 5, 2016 → Notified: Oct 4, 2016	60d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCROct 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+16d

California State AG+16d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 4 (CA), last Oct 20 (CA) — a 16-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-64474
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2016
Raw hash: 5816591bc815078ccf42590687f086ad5d9a0d5662f9b8fb6eaff10b99e6e7f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityApria Healthcare LLC

Victim entityApria Healthcare LLC

Incidentdiscovered Aug 5, 2016

Stated responseImmediately launched an internal investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov