MAINEMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 9, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

1,639

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. →

Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-12-09 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1639 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack affecting ePHI including names, DOB, addresses, driver's license numbers, SSNs, and treatment info. The entity provided credit monitoring and retrained staff.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 9, 2020

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

Maine State AGbd_951c713c8dc32be52020-12-09Verified
Maine State AGbd_eea41eccca63833b2020-12-09Verified

Name: Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.
norm: employment specialists of maine
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Employment Specialists of Maine, Inc.
norm: employment specialists of maine
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,639nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services
Established a phone number for questions or concerns
Retrained its staff
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Changes made: Retrained its staff
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings

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Maine State AGDec 9 · first

HHS OCRDec 9 · first · 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.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2020
Raw hash: a95baf69af0c8acf9c393dae1af44153407b57a911279b9dc98dc4576ec4f861

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmployment Specialists of Maine, Inc.

Victim entityEmployment Specialists of Maine, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing