AccidentalFinancial ServicesFinanceMisdeliveryEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumResolved

HealthMarkets Insurance Agency

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 14, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

58state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for HealthMarkets Insurance Agency →2 incidents on file

HealthMarkets, Inc. reported an inadvertent email distribution of personal non-public information for 58 New Hampshire residents on April 25, 2013. The data included names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and some financial information. The error was an isolated incident involving an employee sending an unencrypted email to an unintended third-party recipient. HealthMarkets investigated, coached the employee, contacted the recipient to destroy the data, and reviewed distribution practices. Notices were mailed in May 2013, and 12 months of credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

Apr 25, 2013

Begins

May 14, 2013

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_a18ece902e5c28532013-05-21 · +7dVerified

Name: HealthMarkets Insurance Agency
norm: healthmarkets insurance agency
Domain: acaapply.healthmarkets.com

Name: HealthMarkets Insurance Agency
norm: healthmarkets insurance agency
Domain: acaapply.healthmarkets.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 13, 2013
Affected individuals: 58state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Performed an investigation to determine the amount and content of information that was released
Interviewed employees and inspected all affected electronic records
Contacted the third party recipient and requested that she delete and/or destroy the material
Coached the employee who sent the email in error
Reviewed practices regarding the internal and external distribution of sensitive personal data
Distributed notices to affected New Hampshire residents via first class U.S. mail
Changes made: Reviewed practices regarding the internal and external distribution of sensitive personal data
Offered credit monitoring service for the next twelve months if requested
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGMay 14 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing May 14 (NH), last May 21 (MA) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/healthmarkets-20130514.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 14, 2013
Raw hash: 22cb78ee26705cbe2e330a3339eb72dac6e0744bc923e2a6e50f75996392f480

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHealthMarkets Insurance Agency

Victim entityHealthMarkets Insurance Agency

IncidentUnknown

Stated responsePerformed an investigation to determine the amount and content of information that was released

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov