MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA

bd_0ea78c864d79336e · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 5, 2024

Filed

May 23, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

28state residents only

Linked

11 records

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA →

Affiliated Dermatologists & Dermatologic Surgeons P.A. notified Montana residents of a ransomware incident detected on March 5, 2024. An unauthorized actor accessed systems between March 2-5, 2024, copying patient and employee PII. The organization engaged forensic investigators, enhanced security with MFA and 24/7 monitoring, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >30d11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Mar 2, 2024

Begins

Mar 5, 2024

Discovered

May 23, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim was first seen 58 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_4a47b006cd35e0022024-03-26 · +57dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_1f0b6b6b21b5e7d12024-05-23Verified by operator
California State AGbd_5702f907d34651332024-05-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_922263186986bea12024-05-23Verified by operator
Massachusetts State AGbd_c2bf963d8fe60ee32024-05-23Verified by operator

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 20d gap

South Carolina State AGbd_d4f0525d663692c52024-05-23Verified by operator
Vermont State AGbd_e383e7d553cc2a012024-05-23Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_f289470b970aceb12024-05-28 · +5dVerified by operator
Delaware State AGbd_44ff70a3c72445862024-05-03 · +20dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_a9ca70c486c9967c2024-05-03 · +20dVerified

Name: Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA
norm: affiliated dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons
Domain: affiliateddermatologists.com

Name: Affiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA
norm: affiliated dermatologists and dermatologic surgeons
Domain: affiliateddermatologists.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 5, 2024
Breach occurred: Mar 2, 2024 – Mar 5, 2024
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 23, 2024
Affected individuals: 28state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Disconnected access to the network
Alerted its third-party IT provider
Engaged legal counsel and specialized cybersecurity professionals to conduct a forensic investigation
Changes made: Implementation of 24-7 network security monitoring
Multi-factor authentication for all remote access
Password resets for all accounts on the network
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 10 states

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Delaware State AGMay 3 · first

HHS OCRMay 3 · first

Maine State AG+20d

California State AG+20d

Indiana State AG+20d

Massachusetts State AG+20d

South Carolina State AG+20d

Vermont State AG+20d

Montana State AG+20d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing May 3 (DE), last May 28 (NH) — a 25-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1422.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 23, 2024
Raw hash: 8b77b11959b6880f86916b4e9732e90290a20f505126d627245fdf7bb86c474e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAffiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA

Victim entityAffiliated Dermatologists and Dermatologic Surgeons PA

Incidentdiscovered Mar 5, 2024

Stated responseDisconnected access to the network

ComplianceLeak >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov