MalwareHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

medQ, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 23, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

8 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for medQ, Inc. →2 incidents on file

medQ, Inc. experienced a ransomware incident on its third-party hosted platform between Dec 20-26, 2023. Files were encrypted and copied by an unauthorized actor. Affected data included names, SSNs, driver's licenses, DOBs, PHI, and financial account numbers. medQ disconnected the network, engaged forensic investigators, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring. Notification was sent Feb 16, 2024.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 6 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Dec 20, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 8 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_47b1f8800add20a62024-02-23Verified
California State AGbd_5a44626b9e34f6582024-02-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bb9314f65e0432352024-02-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_bdb2089ed777401b2024-02-23Verified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 96d gap

Maine State AGbd_dcfa5a8e797d467d2024-02-23Candidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_c4a29c2a879476bb2024-03-13 · +19dVerified
California State AGbd_7756d64c62956c672024-05-29 · +96dVerified

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq

Name: medQ, Inc.
norm: medq
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 20, 2023 – Dec 26, 2023
Undetected for: 6 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Disconnected the network in the medQ Platform
Engaged legal counsel to provide legal advice for an investigation into the incident
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to conduct a forensic investigation
Arranged for you to receive a complimentary 12-month subscription to Equifax 1B Credit Watch Gold monitoring at no cost to you
Changes made: Implemented and will continue to adopt additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 7 states

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HHS OCRFeb 23 · first

California State AGFeb 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 23 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 23 · first

Maine State AGFeb 23 · first

Montana State AGFeb 23 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+19d

California State AG+96d

Pattern: first filing Feb 23 (TX), last May 29 (CA) — a 96-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1134.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 23, 2024
Raw hash: a13838892fca4b1833605276d8fa2c79f9347cd4ecb82b17ecb7f2e442f941fb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitymedQ, Inc.

Victim entitymedQ, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected the network in the medQ Platform

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov