NEW HAMPSHIREMalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Atlantic Digestive Specialists

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 21, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,081

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

69%

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Atlantic Digestive Specialists reported to HHS on 2017-04-21 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 2081 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The incident involved a ransomware attack encrypting ePHI (names, DOB, SSN, addresses, MRN, clinical info). The entity notified HHS, individuals, and media, and strengthened safeguards and retrained staff.

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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 21, 2017

Filed

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

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

New Hampshire State AGbd_19214e8691281dc92017-04-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f7455d3974f29acb2017-04-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3f201797385d5ba22017-06-20 · +60dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6b43b3ef95b0946d2017-06-20 · +60dVerified

Name: Atlantic Digestive Specialists
norm: atlantic digestive specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Atlantic Digestive Specialists
norm: atlantic digestive specialists
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,081nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Changes made: Strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI
Retrained employees in recognizing and responding to fraudulent email communications
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 · 5 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGApr 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

HHS OCRApr 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+60d

Montana State AG+60d

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (NH), last Jun 20 (MT) — a 60-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://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 21, 2017
Raw hash: 5301dc64538927681e7e44293658af44749b3d9378a9dbf31f9b97f2ff1a3c6b

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAtlantic Digestive Specialists

Victim entityAtlantic Digestive Specialists

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing