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HHS OCRState AGConfirmed3 filings · 3 statesLifecycle stage 2 of 3: ConfirmedUnverified claimConfirmedEnforcedhigh sensitivity
Merged incident · 3 filings

The Richards Group — May 2020 breach

Clustered 3 filings across 3 jurisdictions · filing window Jan 28, 2021 Feb 17, 2021. View entity profile → Other incidents for this victim →

1 cross-filing discrepancyMerge100%

Determination

Confirmed

Members

3 filings

States

3

Affected · reported

25,179

First → last filing

Jan 28, 2021 Feb 17, 2021

Merge confidence

100%

incident inc_488c394665d944d2 · merged by deterministic · confidence 100%

Confirmed breach. Merged as one breach: 3 regulatory filings. The filings describe unauthorized access. Intrusion May 1, 2020, discovered Nov 24, 2020 — the first regulatory filing landed 65 days later. 25,179 individuals reported across the linked filings. Data reported: Government ID, Identity (basic), Health (basic), and 2 more. Notifications rolled out on a 20-day schedule across 3 filings beginning Jan 28, 2021. Each member filing remains the legal record for its jurisdiction.

Litigation Timing

Notification delay
65days

Discovered → first regulatory filing

Discovery variance
0days

Range of discovered_at dates across filings

Filing span
20days

Time between earliest and latest filing

Not recorded for this incident

Leak precedence · Materiality delta · SEC filing delayno leak-site claim in this cluster; no SEC 8-K in this cluster.

Regulatory clocksMaine ME AG >30d · 85dHIPAA HHS notifiedMassachusetts MA credit monitoring dueFull clock table in Litigation Timeline

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