CONNECTICUTSocial EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Starling Physicians

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

7,777

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Starling Physicians →4 incidents on file

Starling Physicians, PC (CT) reported to HHS on 2020-09-04 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7,777 individuals. Two employees were victims of an email phishing attack that exposed ePHI stored in email, including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and health insurance and medical treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, offered credit monitoring, and implemented additional technical safeguards and staff retraining. OCR obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.

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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

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0286ca97fb57d43f2020-09-04Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_48f7dac34ee5d1d22020-09-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_1e1577657c962e112020-09-03 · +1dCandidate

Name: Starling Physicians
norm: starling physicians
Domain: starlingphysicians.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Starling Physicians
norm: starling physicians
Domain: starlingphysicians.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,777nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions.
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Posted substitute notice on its website.
Offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
Established a toll-free phone number for questions or concerns.
Implemented additional technical safeguards.
Retrained staff on recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications.
Changes made: Additional technical safeguards implemented.
Staff retrained on phishing recognition and response.
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 · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d

HHS OCR+1d · this page

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: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: eadfea3cae6c2f32048b5d25c089ed42153f8458368ba65a88492dad4b35801c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityStarling Physicians

Victim entityStarling Physicians

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing