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Northern Rockies Orthopaedics

bd_2c4bdf7b6de34217 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 12, 2021

Filed

May 17, 2022

To disclose

40 weeks

Affected

3,617state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Northern Rockies Orthopaedics

Northern Rockies Orthopaedics notified Montana residents of a data breach where unauthorized access to two employee email accounts occurred. The incident was detected on August 12, 2021, after unusual activity was found. The attacker accessed emails containing patient names and addresses. NRO engaged forensic investigators, changed credentials, and implemented MFA. Affected individuals were offered 12-24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 40 weeks / 278 days

Aug 12, 2021

Discovered

May 17, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMay 12 · first
Montana State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 12 (IN), last May 17 (MT) — a 5-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.