MisuseHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareData MishandlingEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 15, 2019

Filed

Nov 14, 2019

To disclose

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Affected · nationwide

35,9671,393 in this filing

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc. →2 incidents on file

AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware reported that a former employee improperly downloaded company confidential information, including provider names and Social Security numbers, to a personal hard drive on November 15, 2019. The employee refused to return or destroy the drive. The incident affected 1,393 Delaware residents and 35,967 individuals nationwide. The company notified law enforcement (FBI) and offered two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection via Experian IdentityWorks. Notices were sent on January 14, 2020.

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Breach window unknown

Nov 14, 2019

Filed

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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 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_40c96021babb9d952020-01-20 · +67dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_c9326e005426c6b92020-01-29 · +76dVerified

Name: AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc.
norm: amerihealth caritas delaware

Name: AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc.
norm: amerihealth caritas delaware
Industry: HealthcarellmFinancial Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Nov 15, 2019
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 35,967state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1005 Data from Local System
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement promptly
Pursuing appropriate action through law enforcement concerning the former employee
Sent notification letters to affected individuals
Offering a 2-year subscription to Experian IdentityWork’s credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Looking into changes to controls and procedures to reduce the risk of similar events
Changes made: Reviewing existing controls for possible enhancements
Looking into changes to controls and procedures to reduce the risk of similar events
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Delaware State AGNov 14 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+67d

New Hampshire State AG+76d

Pattern: first filing Nov 14 (DE), last Jan 29 (NH) — a 76-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

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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://attorneygeneral.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2020/06/AmeriHealth-Caritas-Delaware-DE-AG-Breach-Notification-Form.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 14, 2019
Raw hash: f93d89f0ac40446008f98aa245588fdf8419f5298b639abfde07e2de43a8892f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc.

Victim entityAmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2019

Stated responseContacted law enforcement promptly

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceattorneygeneral.delaware.gov