HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

American Board of Internal Medicine

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 30, 2023

Filed

Jul 25, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

21state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for American Board of Internal Medicine →2 incidents on file

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Progress Software, via the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability. ABIM detected suspicious activity on May 30, 2023, and confirmed unauthorized access to some data on May 31, 2023. 21 New Hampshire residents were affected. ABIM engaged forensic investigators, worked with law enforcement, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

May 31, 2023

Begins

Jul 25, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Progress Software Corporation supply-chain incident (2023) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_3505d0ffe9192f4d2023-07-25Verified
California State AGbd_9198b2a7adf480992023-07-25Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_b3d821729f6a02cb2023-07-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_bfd56a6f20eb5a4f2023-07-25Verified

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Vermont State AGbd_e43308feb24723b92023-07-25Verified

Name: American Board of Internal Medicine
norm: american board of internal medicine

Name: American Board of Internal Medicine
norm: american board of internal medicine
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 30, 2023
Breach occurred: May 31, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 25, 2023
Affected individuals: 21state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General John Formella
Third party: via Progress Software
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to secure our network environment
Launched a thorough investigation
Performed comprehensive forensic investigation with independent IT security and forensic investigators
Working with law enforcement to help respond to this incident
Working with cybersecurity experts to review all policies and procedures relating to the security of ABIM’s systems and information life cycle management
Extended to all potentially impacted individuals an offer for free credit monitoring and identity theft protection through IDX
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards and enhanced security measures to better protect the privacy and security of information in its systems
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 · 6 filings · 6 states

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Maine State AGJul 25 · first

California State AGJul 25 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 25 · first

Montana State AGJul 25 · first

Vermont State AGJul 25 · first

New Hampshire State AGJul 25 · first · this page

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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/american-board-internal-medicine-20230725.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 25, 2023
Raw hash: a0e30d48985d244d3ffbd7017a0245a225f192188dd63a0118b7dbf1bd2ff448

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Victim entityAmerican Board of Internal Medicine

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to secure our network environment

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov