HackingPHIPIILowContained

Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey

bd_04f895d656809b19 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 4, 2023

Filed

Jan 17, 2024

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey →3 incidents on file

Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey notified the NH AG of a data security incident involving unauthorized access to a corporate email account on October 4, 2023. A vendor review identified PHI for 9 NH residents. Notifications were sent on January 11, 2024. Remediation included password resets and MFA implementation. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 105 days

Oct 4, 2023

Discovered

Jan 17, 2024

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_807ad8349425ee702024-01-17Verified
Vermont State AGbd_5aa49bdc2016f6892024-01-11 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_fe7fbd3f80453ce12024-01-11 · +6dCandidate

Name: Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
norm: neurosurgical associates of new jersey

Name: Neurosurgical Associates of New Jersey
norm: neurosurgical associates of new jersey

Discovered: Oct 4, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 11, 2024
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PHIPII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice of the incident to its federal regulator, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability Act (HIPAA)
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged a vendor to review all documents and emails present in the email account at the time of unauthorized access for any PHI
Conducted a global password reset
Ensured that multifactor authentication is implemented on all email accounts
Provided notice of the incident to its federal regulator, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights
Sent notification letters to potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Conducted a global password reset
Implemented multifactor authentication on all email accounts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(105 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Vermont State AGJan 11 · first

Montana State AGJan 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+6d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 11 (VT), last Jan 17 (NH) — a 6-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/neurological-associates-new-jersey-20240117.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 17, 2024
Raw hash: 80f35783a7e284365fca2e4a0aee6042904f43321e90618b79aebb7e5b1da983

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNeurosurgical Associates of New Jersey

Victim entityNeurosurgical Associates of New Jersey

Incidentdiscovered Oct 4, 2023

Stated responseEngaged a vendor to review all documents and emails present in the email account at the time of unauthorized access for any PHI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov