HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Physician's Business Office

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 1, 2022

Filed

Sep 23, 2022

To disclose

25 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Physician's Business Office →

Physician’s Business Office, Inc. (PBO) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data security incident discovered in April 2022. The breach potentially affected 4 New Hampshire residents, exposing personal and protected health information including SSNs, driver's license numbers, and medical data. PBO engaged forensic investigators, secured its network, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Notifications were sent in September 2022.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 25 weeks / 175 days

Apr 1, 2022

Discovered

Sep 23, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_22d63588c8f3bfb92022-09-23Verified
California State AGbd_6b5ee27620c5e0752022-09-23Verified
Montana State AGbd_c8e23e57dc38b9512022-09-23Verified
HHS OCRbd_eb79ec7aa7b1faf92022-09-23Verified

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Indiana State AGbd_f52fbf50195e36242022-09-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f60acf7b17aaae302022-09-26 · +3dVerified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: Physician's Business Office
norm: physician s business office
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Apr 1, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 23, 2022
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took steps to secure its network
Hired an independent digital forensics and incident response firm to assist
Undertook a comprehensive review of the potentially affected data
Notified each provider about the incident and the potential impact to individual patients’ data
Established a toll-free call center through IDX to answer questions about the incident
Offering 12 months of complimentary credit and identity monitoring services
Changes made: Implemented additional safeguards to help ensure the security of its network
Reduced the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 25 weeks(175 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Maine State AGSep 23 · first

California State AGSep 23 · first

Montana State AGSep 23 · first

HHS OCRSep 23 · first

Indiana State AGSep 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGSep 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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/physicians-business-office-20220923.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 23, 2022
Raw hash: 91662bc0aeb384e2e8174ca63711dc10ed0c04121496ab6c873e7e2e03aa921c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityPhysician's Business Office

Incidentdiscovered Apr 1, 2022

Stated responseTook steps to secure its network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov