TEXASHackingHealthcareHealthcarePHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 26, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

447,354

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. →

Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-06-26 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 447,354 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The attack exposed PHI including names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and treatment info. The BA retrained employees on security and implemented additional safeguards.

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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

Jun 26, 2020

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

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

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7d18f40e96cd14fe2020-07-02 · +6dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_8a9122cd0f41082e2020-01-01 · +177dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_c0ebd1cdb8c508102020-01-01 · +177dVerified

Name: Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.
norm: benefit recovery specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.
norm: benefit recovery specialists
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 447,354nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Business associate
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS
Third party: via Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.business associate

During the incident: Retrained its employees on phishing and security awareness
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Changes made: Retrained its employees on phishing and security awareness
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+177d · this page

Montana State AG+183d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 2 (MT) — a 183-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://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: Jun 26, 2020
Raw hash: 96bc9e9e37eb625ac0651a510a26b4b4b9bf96caee7b702833e8b96e95bbf8c4

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBenefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

Victim entityBenefit Recovery Specialists, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetrained its employees on phishing and security awareness

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing