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MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

American College of Emergency Physicians

bd_11d18c16aaa82ad7 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 23, 2016

Filed

Jul 22, 2016

To disclose

29 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for American College of Emergency Physicians →4 incidents on file

American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) notified Montana AG of a breach involving third-party vendor ComNet Marketing. On April 23-24, 2016, ComNet suffered ransomware and subsequent unauthorized deletion of NetApp storage volumes. ACEP notified ComNet on June 23, 2016. Personal info (name, address, payment info) may have been accessed. No evidence of data theft found, but unauthorized access cannot be ruled out. ACEP offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days
discovery → filing · 29 days

Apr 23, 2016

Begins

Jun 23, 2016

Discovered

Jul 22, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

15 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

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.