VIRGINIAHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 18, 2023

To disclose

—

Affected

1,229,333

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services →3 incidents on file

Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services reported to HHS on 2023-09-18 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 1,229,333 individuals. The breach involved a business associate compromising PHI (names, birthdates, SSN, driver's license, claims, treatment info) located on a Network Server. The CE and BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards.

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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

Sep 18, 2023

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_4bd2e4f3db89b05c2023-08-09 · +40dCandidate

Name: Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
norm: virginia department of medical assistance
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
norm: virginia department of medical assistance
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,229,333nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health planBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS and the media
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
Changes made: Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI
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 · 2 filings

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HHS OCRAug 9 · first

HHS OCR+40d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 9 (VA), last Sep 18 (VA) — a 40-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://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: Sep 18, 2023
Raw hash: d3e5c8914c7ac9682442dea888be02dfd72a85d1a464d2b4bb6c31d8ff5d05a1

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVirginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

Victim entityVirginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing