OKLAHOMAMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Mertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 3, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

868

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Mertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan →

Mertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan reported to HHS on 2021-12-03 a ransomware incident affecting 868 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. PHI included names, addresses, DOBs, and SSNs.

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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

Dec 3, 2021

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed868 affectedView incident

Name: Mertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan
norm: mertz manufacturing inc health insurance plan
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Mertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan
norm: mertz manufacturing inc health insurance plan
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 868nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Strengthened its policies and procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Staff were retrained
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Strengthened its policies and procedures
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Staff were retrained
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.

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: Dec 3, 2021
Raw hash: 1bc5ed9e41239db3051da3e3f10eeffd35e28aef15419161d24b86c83f3d9c56

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Reporting entityMertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan

Victim entityMertz Manufacturing Inc Health Insurance Plan

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseStrengthened its policies and procedures

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing