MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Atlantic Digestive Specialists

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 20, 2017

Filed

Apr 21, 2017

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1,505state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Atlantic Digestive Specialists →

Atlantic Digestive Specialists notified NH AG of a ransomware incident discovered Feb 20, 2017, affecting systems on/around Feb 18, 2017. 1,505 NH residents affected. Data potentially included PHI, SSNs, and PII. No evidence of misuse found. FBI and HHS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Feb 18, 2017

Begins

Feb 20, 2017

Discovered

Apr 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_02e482e0a5c0c2a72017-04-21Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f7455d3974f29acb2017-04-21Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_3f201797385d5ba22017-06-20 · +60dVerified
Montana State AGbd_6b43b3ef95b0946d2017-06-20 · +60dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Atlantic Digestive Specialists
norm: atlantic digestive specialists
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2017 – Feb 22, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 1,505state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIReported incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Removed the ransomware from the affected systems
Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Equifax
Established a dedicated call center
Provided notice to statewide media in New Hampshire
Provided notice to the FBI
Reported this incident to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and security measures to enhance the privacy and security of information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRApr 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 21 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+60d

Montana State AG+60d

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (NH), last Jun 20 (MT) — a 60-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/atlantic-digestive-20170421.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 21, 2017
Raw hash: 5b0076ca6e4917d53133a7b15b2b778674c3e8b1cf0d218d3ee2e3637ca6a826

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityAtlantic Digestive Specialists

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2017

Stated responseRemoved the ransomware from the affected systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov