HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Dr. James Rinne, MD

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 7, 2021

Filed

Nov 2, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Dr. James Rinne, MD →2 incidents on file

Dr. James Rinne, MD notified NH AG of a data incident involving its business associate QRS, Inc. Unauthorized access to a hosted patient portal server occurred Aug 23-26, 2021. PHI including SSN, name, address, DOB, and medical info may have been accessed. 2 NH residents affected. QRS engaged forensic investigators, took server offline, and implemented MFA/SIEM. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Aug 23, 2021

Begins

Sep 7, 2021

Discovered

Nov 2, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_9c23294e77c65ed92021-10-29 · +4dVerified

Name: Dr. James Rinne, MD
norm: dr james rinne md

Name: Dr. James Rinne, MD
norm: dr james rinne md
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 23, 2021 – Aug 26, 2021
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Submitted to HHS on James Rinne, MD’s behalf
Third party: via QRS, Inc.
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to confirm the scope of impacted patient information
Worked with QRS to notify potentially affected individuals
Took the server offline
Engaged a forensic security firm to confirm the security of our network, analyze the incident, and determine the extent of the PHI that may have been accessed or acquired
Changes made: Kept the particular server offline permanently
Implemented multifactor authentication on core QRS systems for key administrators
Implemented Security Information and Event Management System (SIEM)
Reviewing and updating its information security policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGOct 29 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · this page

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/dr-james-rinne-md-20211102.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 2, 2021
Raw hash: f552cd5c8192c4213ade8cd8148f7a585baec019bcf34a0b4e1f229f3bf6e31c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDr. James Rinne, MD

Victim entityDr. James Rinne, MD

Incidentdiscovered Sep 7, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to confirm the scope of impacted patient information

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov