MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)MediumContained

ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

bd_1486b6f7289f8aa2 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

Feb 28, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1,631state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. →4 incidents on file

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. disclosed a ransomware attack that occurred on April 25, 2023. The company discovered the unauthorized access to personal information on December 11, 2023. Notices were sent on February 22, 2024, offering 24 months of credit monitoring. The incident affected individuals in multiple states, including SC, NY, and NC.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due11 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 · 230 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

Dec 11, 2023

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_7c03c81d5120b0a92024-02-28Verified
Washington State AGbd_b5dba7560a5475fe2024-02-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6f4a43c936d5d4d2024-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc1ec7129f314c752024-02-28Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_f282ee037f155ea72024-02-28Verified
Illinois State AGbd_e03f3a083f1ba2cd2024-02-01 · +27dVerified

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023
Undetected for: 230 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 1,631state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Increasing monitoring of our networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening our systems
Providing you with access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing you with proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Increasing monitoring of our networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
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 · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

Montana State AG+27d

Washington State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+27d

South Carolina State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 28 (SC) — a 27-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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2024/AspenDentalManagementInc.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2024
Raw hash: 909d5bfe94052c3802cd29daf6601b546b4c511617bc04b4af5f3b20d2b3e1f6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Victim entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2023

Stated responseIncreasing monitoring of our networks

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov