MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedEducationFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHighActive

Quality Behavioral Health

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Severity

High

Discovered

Nov 26, 2022

Filed

Jan 25, 2023

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

2,752state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Quality Behavioral Health →

Quality Behavioral Health (QBH) reported a supplemental ransomware cyber incident to Washington AG. The breach occurred Nov 24-26, 2022, discovered Nov 26, 2022. QBH confirmed 2,752 Washington residents were affected. Data potentially included PHI, SSNs, driver's licenses, and financial info. QBH engaged law enforcement, notified HHS, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Experian.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Nov 24, 2022

Begins

Nov 26, 2022

Discovered

Jan 25, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8e5964c690d1b6ed2023-01-25Candidate
HHS OCRbd_aba9a7623559f1972022-12-26 · +30dCandidate

Name: Quality Behavioral Health
norm: quality behavioral health
Domain: qbhs.org

Name: Quality Behavioral Health
norm: quality behavioral health
Domain: qbhs.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 26, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 24, 2022 – Nov 26, 2022
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 25, 2023
Affected individuals: 2,752state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthStudent ID numberMilitary ID numberPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulatorsNotifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Took steps to secure its systems
Commenced an investigation into the nature and scope of the incident
Provided notice of this incident on its website beginning on December 26, 2022
Issued notice to statewide media in Washington on December 26, 2022
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the incident
Providing access to credit monitoring services for twelve (12) months, through Experian, to individuals receiving notice at no cost
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators
Providing written notice to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
Changes made: Taken additional steps to further enhance the security of its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRDec 26 · first

Montana State AG+30d

Washington State AG+30d · this page

Pattern: first filing Dec 26 (WA), last Jan 25 (WA) — a 30-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA19575.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 25, 2023
Raw hash: ac1c42acd98dd30b5645cf00752c0c4d77219de4f9594c4871db35bca96f293a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityQuality Behavioral Health

Victim entityQuality Behavioral Health

Incidentdiscovered Nov 26, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its systems

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com