HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCritical

Professional Business Systems, Inc.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 30, 2020

Filed

Jul 1, 2021

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,210,688174 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Professional Business Systems, Inc. →

Professional Business Systems, operating as Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp., reported an external system breach that occurred on December 25, 2020, and was discovered on December 30, 2020. The breach affected 1,210,688 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. The company notified affected individuals on June 30, 2021, and offered two years of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Dec 30, 2020 → Filed with AG Jul 1, 2021183d ✗ ME AG >90d26 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 5 days

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Dec 25, 2020

Begins

Dec 30, 2020

Discovered

Jul 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_16c2261ae907270f2021-07-01Verified
HHS OCRbd_635dc79d7d64eeb62021-07-01Verified
California State AGbd_6ae8ca48588440d52021-07-01Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_b8dc597087b04e672021-07-01Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 181d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_417756b2a81e6a452021-07-06 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_d5463f3d3b1aa5252021-01-01 · +181dCandidate

Name: Professional Business Systems, Inc.
norm: professional business

Name: Professional Business Systems, Inc.
norm: professional business
Also named: Professional Business Systemsdba oflegal entity
Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp.dba oftrade name
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Dec 30, 2020
Breach occurred: Dec 25, 2020
Undetected for: 5 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,210,688state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access

During the incident: Provided written notification to affected consumers.
Changes made: Offered two years of Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, Minor Identity Monitoring, and Identity Theft Restoration.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 183dME resident >180d · 182d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Dec 30, 2020
→ Filed with AG: Jul 1, 2021
183d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Dec 30, 2020
→ Notified: Jun 30, 2021
182d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Dec 30, 2020 → Filed with AG: Jul 1, 2021	183d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Dec 30, 2020 → Notified: Jun 30, 2021	182d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+181d

HHS OCR+181d

California State AG+181d

Massachusetts State AG+181d

Maine State AG+181d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+186d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 186-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/dfa3beca-170a-45f9-9d61-e7d4c6990c30.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2021
Raw hash: 7178e6f06c08ca985315409158e83f57e3bed6cf989c25ceeb22006b2cabc527

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Business Systems, Inc.

Victim entityProfessional Business Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 30, 2020

Stated responseProvided written notification to affected consumers.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov