HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 8, 2016

Filed

May 16, 2016

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

41state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP →

Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP notified individuals in 2016 that hackers gained unauthorized access to its computer network on March 8, 2016. The incident compromised personal and health information, including SSNs, driver's license numbers, and medical treatment data. The organization engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring via Equifax.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 69 days

Mar 8, 2016

Discovered

May 16, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_471abf62ade46a902016-05-11 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_56f23e8dc0e0be2f2016-05-11 · +5dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_a3bde96bbb44c8ad2016-05-11 · +5dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_e0a08c6d6fb9236e2016-05-11 · +5dVerified

Name: Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP
norm: medical colleagues of texas

Name: Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP
norm: medical colleagues of texas
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 8, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 41state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired an independent computer forensic expert to review and analyze our computer network
Notified law enforcement about the incident
Changes made: Updated our computer network
Strengthened our firewalls
Implemented two factor authorization measures for remote access
Providing additional training and strengthening our policies and procedures in regards to the protection of sensitive personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(69 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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HHS OCRMay 11 · first

Montana State AGMay 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 11 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 11 · first

South Carolina State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 11 (TX), last May 16 (SC) — a 5-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2016/MedicalColleaguesofTexas%2CLLP.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2016
Raw hash: 8722b2b64574ddd1b21a59f340299072395d7f7e02a0f3d6eb1aa168e10788eb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMedical Colleagues of Texas, LLP

Victim entityMedical Colleagues of Texas, LLP

Incidentdiscovered Mar 8, 2016

Stated responseHired an independent computer forensic expert to review and analyze our computer network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov