ILLINOISMalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData EncryptedRansom DemandedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Bansley and Kiener, LLP

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 24, 2021

Filed

Dec 3, 2021

To disclose

—

Affected

70,941

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Bansley and Kiener, LLP →3 incidents on file

Bansley and Kiener, LLP, a business associate (accounting/professional services firm) based in IL, reported to HHS on 2021-12-03 a ransomware attack affecting the PHI of 70,941 individuals. Breached information was located on a Network Server. PHI involved included names and Social Security numbers. The BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and media, and provided credit monitoring services. Additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards were implemented. OCR provided technical assistance.

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HIPAA clock✗ HHS report late

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 101 days

Aug 24, 2021

Discovered

Dec 3, 2021

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_65eef4b3161e80d82021-11-30 · +3dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_ac0fbc7237762a112021-11-30 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_d4aad3f142f6fe812021-11-30 · +3dVerified by operator

Name: Bansley and Kiener, LLP
norm: bansley and kiener
Industry: Business Associate

Name: Bansley and Kiener, LLP
norm: bansley and kiener
Industry: Business Associate
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Aug 24, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 70,941nationwide
Data types: Health (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 ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance to the BA.

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
Provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals.
Implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards.
Changes made: Additional administrative safeguards implemented.
Additional technical safeguards implemented.
Additional security safeguards implemented.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS report lateHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 24, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report late
HIPAA
Discovered: Aug 24, 2021
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 24, 2021 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report late
HIPAA	Discovered: Aug 24, 2021 → 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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Indiana State AGNov 30 · first

Massachusetts State AGNov 30 · first

Maine State AGNov 30 · first

HHS OCR+3d · 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: Dec 3, 2021
Raw hash: 4467ddaace859e8f4c7e5443bc7abf98651b26e167da7c99e59f06a71518f84d

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBansley and Kiener, LLP

Victim entityBansley and Kiener, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Aug 24, 2021

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS report late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing