OHIOMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Bricker & Eckler LLP

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 2, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

420,532

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for Bricker & Eckler LLP →

Bricker & Eckler LLP reported to HHS on 2021-04-02 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 420,532 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack compromising PHI including names, DOB, addresses, driver's license info, 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

Apr 2, 2021

Filed

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

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a51a13ab48a05232021-04-02Verified
Maine State AGbd_795e89cdbfda35b42021-04-02Candidate
California State AGbd_83445976027bfd5e2021-04-02Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_819ff00206636e792021-04-05 · +3dVerified

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Montana State AGbd_050810a4d81cb5192021-04-06 · +4dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_213787199d8bafc32021-04-06 · +4dVerified

Name: Bricker & Eckler LLP
norm: bricker eckler
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Bricker & Eckler LLP
norm: bricker eckler
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 420,532nationwide
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: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Provided substitute notice
Strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI
Changes made: Strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its PHI
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Massachusetts State AGApr 2 · first

Maine State AGApr 2 · first

California State AGApr 2 · first

HHS OCRApr 2 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+3d

Montana State AG+4d

Indiana State AG+4d

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: Apr 2, 2021
Raw hash: 04dc5da63177a391a02be04a59a260daee5246ee6ae7a5e8e373e2dcc674503c

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBricker & Eckler LLP

Victim entityBricker & Eckler LLP

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing