HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Merritt Healthcare Advisors

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 20, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Merritt Healthcare Advisors →

Merritt Healthcare Advisors reported that an unauthorized actor accessed an employee's email account between July 30, 2022, and August 25, 2022. The incident involved personal information including names and potentially medical information. The company secured the account, engaged external cybersecurity professionals, and notified affected individuals and data owners. No evidence of misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

Jul 30, 2022

Begins

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_f0e65cfa063cb1142023-03-20Verified
HHS OCRbd_1d3c5b12a75d08b62023-03-15 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_646c6628a21ae3222023-03-14 · +6dVerified

Name: Merritt Healthcare Advisors
norm: merritt healthcare advisors

Name: Merritt Healthcare Advisors
norm: merritt healthcare advisors
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 30, 2022 – Aug 25, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 20, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Secured the account
Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation in consultation with external cybersecurity professionals
Advised Data Owner of this incident
Changes made: Continually evaluate and modify practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of personal information
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 · 4 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 14 · first

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d

California State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 14 (MA), last Mar 20 (CA) — a 6-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-564568
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2023
Raw hash: 4ce93def52a12453eabbefa46ade4697d80df422b8f594785ba3079d97b0d461

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMerritt Healthcare Advisors

Victim entityMerritt Healthcare Advisors

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSecured the account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov