HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PIIMediumContained

CareTree

bd_d3e5a7ef13ce1b8b · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 16, 2023

Filed

Dec 27, 2023

To disclose

19 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CareTree →

CareTree, Inc. notified consumers of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed the CareTree platform. The incident occurred on July 21, 2023, and was discovered on August 16, 2023. Potentially affected data includes names, addresses, SSNs, driver's licenses, financial account info, and medical/health insurance data. CareTree engaged law enforcement, implemented additional cybersecurity measures, and offered Equifax credit monitoring services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday19 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 26 days

discovery → filing · 19 weeks / 133 days

Jul 21, 2023

Begins

Aug 16, 2023

Discovered

Dec 27, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_446a50c00a9569582023-12-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_44a69674e55b338c2023-12-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_97d6f0b94f2157582024-01-12 · +16dVerified
California State AGbd_727e34824e5007c92023-12-11 · +16dVerified

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Maine State AGbd_ab9056e59a6339012023-12-11 · +16dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_1f0e8136404e11ce2023-12-08 · +19dVerified
HHS OCRbd_339db28c04eef7152023-11-15 · +42dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_66b93c3a19a3219e2023-11-15 · +42dVerified
California State AGbd_b0b9e4947aa838c92024-02-14 · +49dVerified

Name: CareTree
norm: caretree

Name: CareTree
norm: caretree
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 16, 2023
Breach occurred: Jul 21, 2023
Undetected for: 26 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 27, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PII
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: reported this incident to law enforcementreporting to regulatory authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure the platform
Launched an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Reported this incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with their investigation
Notifying potentially impacted individuals
Reporting to regulatory authorities
Offering immediate access to credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for <<CM Duration>> months at no cost to you, through Equifax
Changes made: Reviewing existing security policies
Implemented additional cybersecurity measures to further protect against similar incidents moving forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 weeks(133 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 7 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRNov 15 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+23d

California State AG+26d

Maine State AG+26d

Montana State AG+42d

New Hampshire State AG+42d

Vermont State AG+42d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+58d

California State AG+91d

Pattern: first filing Nov 15 (IL), last Feb 14 (CA) — a 91-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-12-27-caretree-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 27, 2023
Raw hash: 7569d215002da5bba1a551a780754ac2cfc56ab5b55842066bf9c73a4409721f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCareTree

Victim entityCareTree

Incidentdiscovered Aug 16, 2023

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure the platform

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov