DisclosureLens
HackingHealthcareFinancial ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsPhishingCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

Med-A-Vision, Inc.

bd_d109cd35de822775 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 13, 2018

Filed

Sep 18, 2018

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,05728 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Med-A-Vision, Inc.2 incidents on file

Med-A-Vision, Inc., a third-party administrator for health reimbursement services, notified regulators of a breach where an unauthorized user accessed an employee's email account. The intrusion began as early as July 17, 2018, and was discovered on August 13, 2018, after a recipient reported a suspicious email. The attacker copied emails containing names, SSNs, and potentially health savings account info. Approximately 1,057 individuals were affected, including 28 New Hampshire residents. Med-A-Vision offered one year of Experian IdentityWorks monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Jul 17, 2018

Begins

Aug 13, 2018

Discovered

Sep 18, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGSep 17 · first
New Hampshire State AG+1d · this page

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.