IDAHOSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 6, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

4,824

Confidence

68%

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The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan reported to HHS on 2018-07-06 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 4824 individuals. Breached information located on Email. Employees responded to a phishing email compromising PHI including names, addresses, DOB, driver's license, SSN, claims, diagnoses, and medications.

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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

Jul 6, 2018

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,824 affectedView incident

Name: The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan
norm: the terteling co inc group benefit plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: The Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan
norm: the terteling co inc group benefit plan
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,824nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards
Authentication procedures
Measures to identify and remove malicious emails
Increased its security training
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Enhanced its practices for safeguarding 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.

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: Jul 6, 2018
Raw hash: 888c893a6766711aa3b5eb29535ca35f1c4650dd5d45c65d18843b5f30083705

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Reporting entityThe Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan

Victim entityThe Terteling Co., Inc., Group Benefit Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseStrengthened its administrative and technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing