MICHIGANSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Advantage Benefits Group

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 6, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

7,147

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Advantage Benefits Group →3 incidents on file

Advantage Benefits Group reported to HHS on 2022-04-06 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7147 individuals. Breached information located on Email. The incident involved an email phishing scheme affecting PHI including names, DOB, addresses, driver's license, SSN, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE provided credit monitoring and implemented security safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Apr 6, 2022

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bbfa7d8b72329c052022-04-06Verified
Indiana State AGbd_dc327fee154b1f002022-04-06Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_88997e1b4809d62a2022-04-11 · +5dVerified

Name: Advantage Benefits Group
norm: advantage benefits
Domain: advantageben.com
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Advantage Benefits Group
norm: advantage benefits
Domain: advantageben.com
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,147nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: The CE notified HHS
Third party: via Advantage Benefits Groupbusiness associate
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained on email security precautions
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards
Staff were retrained on email security precautions
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 6 · first

Indiana State AGApr 6 · first

HHS OCRApr 6 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Apr 6 (MA), last Apr 11 (NH) — a 5-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: Apr 6, 2022
Raw hash: 1b3d7b1a714a16eaff8c2b288a91ac2026b572975fcced6f26c4d8e98ea240b5

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvantage Benefits Group

Victim entityAdvantage Benefits Group

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided complimentary credit monitoring services

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing