WISCONSINHackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsAbuse Of FunctionalityCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 10, 2017

Filed

Apr 24, 2017

To disclose

14 days

Affected

742

Confidence

94%

Full breach record for Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay →

Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay (WI) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-04-24 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 742 individuals. An unauthorized external actor accessed a doctor's email account between April 7–10, 2017 to monitor communications and conduct financial fraud by impersonating the doctor and requesting wire transfers. ePHI including names and treatment information was exposed. The CE notified the FBI, engaged its IT contractor, reset all employee passwords, and implemented new password management policies. OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions. Breached information located on Email.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time14 days 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 · 3 days

discovery → filing · 14 days

Apr 7, 2017

Begins

Apr 10, 2017

Discovered

Apr 24, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed742 affectedView incident

Name: Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay
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Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Orthodontic Specialists of Green Bay
norm: orthodontic specialists of green bay
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Apr 10, 2017
Breach occurred: Apr 7, 2017 – Apr 10, 2017
Undetected for: 3 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 742nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1566 PhishingT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCRFBI
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Contacted FBI and initiated investigation
Directed IT contractor to investigate severity of breach
Required all employees to change passwords
Created new password management policies
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Changes made: Password reset for all employees
New password management policies implemented
IT contractor investigation concluded only one email account was breached
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
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.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 10, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 10, 2017
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 10, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 10, 2017 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Apr 24, 2017
Raw hash: d9ebb74570d58ee0d2c216cdb7b8416190832688976482cae1d48c61f595581d

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Reporting entityOrthodontic Specialists of Green Bay

Victim entityOrthodontic Specialists of Green Bay

Incidentdiscovered Apr 10, 2017

Stated responseContacted FBI and initiated investigation

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing