HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Business Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

THE SOUTH BEND CLINIC, LLP

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 2, 2023

Filed

Feb 5, 2024

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for THE SOUTH BEND CLINIC, LLP →

Perry Johnson & Associates, a vendor to The South Bend Clinic, LLC, notified patients of a data security incident. Unauthorized third-party access to PJ&A systems occurred between April 7 and April 19, 2023, impacting personal health information including names. PJ&A became aware of the incident on May 2, 2023. The investigation determined that Social Security numbers were not impacted. PJ&A retained cybersecurity vendors, notified law enforcement, and implemented additional security measures.

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California clockDiscovered May 2, 2023 → Notified Feb 5, 2024279d ✗ CA 60-day late40 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 25 days

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 279 days

Apr 7, 2023

Begins

May 2, 2023

Discovered

Feb 5, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+27 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Perry Johnson & Associates
norm: perry johnson associates

Name: THE SOUTH BEND CLINIC, LLP
norm: the south bend clinic
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 2, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 7, 2023 – Apr 19, 2023
Undetected for: 25 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 5, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Perry Johnson & Associates

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Retained a cybersecurity vendor to assist with the investigation, contain the threat and further secure its systems
Notified law enforcement about the incident and will continue to cooperate with law enforcement’s investigation
Implemented additional technical restrictions in our systems
Required a password reset for all employees
Deployed an endpoint detection and response system to monitor any unauthorized access of our systems
Changes made: Further enhancing our security systems to prevent incidents of this nature from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 40 weeks(279 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 279d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: May 2, 2023
→ Notified: Feb 5, 2024
279d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: May 2, 2023 → Notified: Feb 5, 2024	279d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-580550
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 5, 2024
Raw hash: 4511af5d6fb5d5e6899f1cf63847a78a4594e618bced61d596196be2e58891d4

Reporting entityPerry Johnson & Associates

Victim entityTHE SOUTH BEND CLINIC, LLP

Incidentdiscovered May 2, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov