HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumActive

Advocates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2021

Filed

Jan 3, 2022

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

329state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Advocates →5 incidents on file

Advocates, Inc., a Massachusetts non-profit providing behavioral health and social services, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on January 3, 2022, of a cybersecurity incident detected on October 1, 2021. An unknown actor gained unauthorized access to the network, potentially exposing names, SSNs, and medical/health insurance information of 329 New Hampshire residents. Advocates engaged forensic experts, notified the FBI, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Oct 1, 2021

Discovered

Jan 3, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0ad63238657fc2992022-01-03Verified
Montana State AGbd_1e399d8c6abbd1732022-01-03Verified
Indiana State AGbd_a6db0b747ef011092022-01-03Verified
Illinois State AGbd_d9ba6a35e235e6302022-01-01 · +2dCandidate

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HHS OCRbd_bc6eb3f2041538752022-01-21 · +18dVerified

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org

Name: Advocates
norm: advocates
Domain: advocates.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 1, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 3, 2022
Affected individuals: 329state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General's Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to assist with an investigation
Reported this incident to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is assisting with the investigation
Notified the 329 New Hampshire residents about this event
Offered all impacted individuals complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services for twelve (12) months through IDX
Changes made: Implemented additional security features to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(94 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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 · this page

HHS OCR+20d

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/advocates-20220103.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 3, 2022
Raw hash: 02823ca8e9b9358c49e072b95926a2962fc24ecbc24db0fd79b3f2d6d4dc00b6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvocates

Victim entityAdvocates

Incidentdiscovered Oct 1, 2021

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to assist with an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov