Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Ascend Clinical, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 31, 2020

Filed

Aug 19, 2020

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Ascend Clinical, LLC →

Ascend Clinical, LLC notified Montana residents of a security incident discovered on May 31, 2020, where phishing emails allowed attackers to access employee files containing names, DOBs, addresses, and SSNs. Ascend engaged forensic investigators, isolated systems, and offered one year of Kroll identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 80 days

May 31, 2020

Discovered

Aug 19, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_fc6b4a302719f9a02020-10-19 · +61dVerified by operator
Maine State AGbd_6882f24b5e369f8a2020-10-23 · +65dVerified
California State AGbd_43c5891ca65999ef2020-10-26 · +68dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_6f928c60b9b634a02020-10-26 · +68dVerified

Show 5 more filings ↓up to 76d gap

Washington State AGbd_80d721f819ea5e742020-10-27 · +69dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_affdc1609c7f455a2020-10-27 · +69dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0c3f5760dbb44d4b2020-10-29 · +71dVerified by operator
South Carolina State AGbd_36cb93c68b6198c62020-11-03 · +76dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_9b91d1eadde4c40b2020-11-03 · +76dVerified

Name: Ascend Clinical, LLC
norm: ascend clinical
Domain: labcheck5.com

Name: Ascend Clinical, LLC
norm: ascend clinical
Domain: labcheck5.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 31, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 19, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified federal and local law enforcement authoritiesNotifying relevant authorities as required
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified federal and local law enforcement authorities
Retained a leading third party cybersecurity firm to investigate
Worked with forensic consultants to restore and secure impacted systems
Installed forensic tools on all systems
Isolated impacted systems
Implemented additional countermeasures to block further ransomware emails
Upgraded security measures
Secured services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring
Changes made: Implemented additional countermeasures to block further ransomware emails
Upgraded security measures to prevent future attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(80 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 10 filings · 9 states

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Montana State AGAug 19 · first · this page

HHS OCR+61d

Maine State AG+65d

California State AG+68d

New Hampshire State AG+68d

Washington State AG+69d

Oregon State AG+69d

Massachusetts State AG+71d

South Carolina State AG+76d

Indiana State AG+76d

Pattern: first filing Aug 19 (MT), last Nov 3 (IN) — a 76-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Ascend-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 19, 2020
Raw hash: d722027fce3f390fc6dd9722ea04d4e1bc67481087771942989fc1d2e9b5ee7f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (9) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAscend Clinical, LLC

Victim entityAscend Clinical, LLC

Incidentdiscovered May 31, 2020

Stated responseNotified federal and local law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov