HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Brightline

bd_d59ed55c5ee4770a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 4, 2023

Filed

May 12, 2023

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

26 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Brightline →

Brightline, Inc., a virtual healthcare services provider, disclosed a data security incident involving its vendor, Fortra (formerly HelpSystems). On January 30, 2023, Fortra identified unauthorized access to its GoAnywhere file transfer software. Brightline learned of the incident on February 4, 2023, and immediately engaged its incident response plan, terminating unauthorized access. The incident involved the acquisition of files containing eligibility information, including name, member ID, group ID, gender, and date of birth. Brightline is offering 24 months of complimentary identity theft restoration and credit monitoring services through Cyberscout.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d14 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 97 days

Jan 30, 2023

Begins

Feb 4, 2023

Discovered

May 12, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 26 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of FORTRA, LLC supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

A leak claim by cl0p about this victim predates this filing by 57 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_0868c3f9cf5006022023-05-10 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_4c63e3855981b1222023-05-10 · +2dVerified
Maine State AGbd_b69375073a6e96d42023-05-10 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_bf99fc2a4df4a34d2023-05-17 · +5dVerified

Show 6 more filings ↓up to 25d gap

Oregon State AGbd_163db05cc4cb89582023-05-02 · +10dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_f567c60a6fd57cc42023-05-26 · +14dVerified
California State AGbd_a1b16fb406ed3ce92023-04-21 · +21dVerified
HHS OCRbd_a0176e4142b0a3702023-04-20 · +22dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_5ea7d3fbb2a5464a2023-04-19 · +23dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_ab681e087aaa2ef42023-04-17 · +25dVerified

Showing first 10 of 25 linked disclosures.

Name: Brightline, Inc.
norm: brightline
Domain: gobrightline.com

Name: Brightline
norm: brightline
Domain: hellobrightline.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 4, 2023
Breach occurred: Jan 30, 2023
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Fortra (formerly known as HelpSystems)
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Engaged our incident response plan
Confirmed that the unauthorized access was terminated
Implemented additional security measures
Secured the services of Cyberscout to provide identity theft restoration and credit monitoring services at no cost to you for 24 months
Changes made: Continue to enhance our cybersecurity program to further safeguard our systems from cyber threats
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(97 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGApr 17 · first

Vermont State AG+2d

HHS OCR+3d

California State AG+4d

Oregon State AG+15d

California State AG+23d

HHS OCR+23d

Maine State AG+23d

California State AG+25d · this page

California State AG+30d

HHS OCR+39d

Pattern: first filing Apr 17 (NH), last May 26 (CA) — a 39-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Cascade drawn from the first 10 linked disclosures of 25 — the full spread may be wider.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-566637
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 12, 2023
Raw hash: 1ce7152027a369181c04131c0ab84efdfce1911ac09a02303a94ed45324e4b38

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBrightline, Inc.

Victim entityBrightline

Incidentdiscovered Feb 4, 2023

Stated responseEngaged our incident response plan

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov