MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBian LianData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedRansom DemandedTargetedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumContained

Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 8, 2024

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

41 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's →

Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine, LLC reported a ransomware incident attributed to the Bian Lian cyber organization. The intrusion occurred between late December 2023 and early January 2024, with detection on January 8, 2024. Approximately 3 New Hampshire residents were affected. Compromised data included PHI, SSNs, names, DOBs, and financial/insurance information. The company engaged forensic investigators, isolated systems, notified law enforcement, and implemented enhanced security measures including MFA and firewall upgrades.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d41 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 11 days

discovery → filing · 41 weeks / 284 days

Dec 28, 2023

Begins

Jan 8, 2024

Discovered

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+28 wks slower

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

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim predates this filing by 276 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_1792772f2ef0f26e2024-01-15 · +277dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0d5092af870f81b22024-10-23 · +5dVerified by operator
Maine State AGBian Lianbd_1b47b2bf01cc64412024-10-23 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_391e6d1867d4ccd22024-10-24 · +6dVerified

Name: Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's
norm: northeast spine and sports medicine s
Domain: northeastspineandsports.com

Name: Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine's
norm: northeast spine and sports medicine s
Domain: northeastspineandsports.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 8, 2024
Breach occurred: Dec 28, 2023 – Jan 5, 2024
Undetected for: 11 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2024
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access· Bian Lian
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: Bian LianExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau

During the incident: Triggered its incident response processes
Isolating the affected systems
Launching an investigation with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity experts and consultants
Engaged our technology management provider to secure and isolate the affected systems to prevent any further unauthorized access
Engaged a leading cybersecurity firm to conduct a thorough forensic investigation
Called law enforcement
Turned off NESSM's systems to help protect our patients’ personal information and PHI
Changes made: Implemented and continue to implement enhanced security measures, including e.g., enhanced multi-factor authentication, system patches, firewall upgrading and event monitoring
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 41 weeks(284 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

New Hampshire State AGOct 18 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Maine State AG+5d

HHS OCR+6d

Pattern: first filing Oct 18 (NH), last Oct 24 (NJ) — 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/northeast-spine-sports-medicine-20241018.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2024
Raw hash: 7287c331b2b6813480c57de27c7b9ade64070debb824490651bac3bd305bce07

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNortheast Spine and Sports Medicine's

Victim entityNortheast Spine and Sports Medicine's

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2024

Stated responseTriggered its incident response processes

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov