MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Urology Austin, PLLC

bd_32415f8901915005 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 22, 2017

Filed

Mar 20, 2017

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

62state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Urology Austin, PLLC →

Urology Austin experienced a ransomware attack on January 22, 2017, which encrypted data on its servers. The incident potentially exposed patient personal information (name, address, DOB, SSN) and medical information. The organization engaged Kroll for identity monitoring services and implemented remediation measures including network security improvements and employee retraining.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Jan 22, 2017

Begins

Jan 22, 2017

Discovered

Mar 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_6e58869c2e8e217b2017-03-22 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a210e1392b1ea2fb2017-03-22 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_c639fcc46c783be52017-03-22 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_d1c698030ef051402017-03-22 · +2dVerified

Name: Urology Austin, PLLC
norm: urology austin

Name: Urology Austin, PLLC
norm: urology austin
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 22, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 22, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 23, 2017
Affected individuals: 62state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Shut down computer network
Began investigation
Began to take steps to restore the impacted data and our operations
Changes made: Improving our network security
Updating our system back ups
Retraining our employees regarding suspicious emails and patient privacy and security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 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 · 5 states

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Montana State AGMar 20 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d

HHS OCR+2d

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/Urology-Austin.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 20, 2017
Raw hash: 649a1e550ac2ec2a4d564ddbb3648d025f23742b4ba836fe61e1d40e1696350e

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityUrology Austin, PLLC

Victim entityUrology Austin, PLLC

Incidentdiscovered Jan 22, 2017

Stated responseSecured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov