MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)MediumContained

Summit Medical Associates

bd_33150abc32e9cdd1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 5, 2020

Filed

Aug 11, 2020

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Summit Medical Associates →5 incidents on file

Summit Medical Associates notified the NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting 1 NH resident. Unauthorized access occurred Jan 24–Jun 5, 2020; discovered Jun 5, 2020. Data potentially exposed: name, SSN, medical info. No evidence of actual misuse. Notices sent Aug 7, 2020. Forensic experts engaged; safeguards implemented.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 133 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 67 days

Jan 24, 2020

Begins

Jun 5, 2020

Discovered

Aug 11, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_6162d4bf1c84aff22020-08-07 · +4dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_924dc7cf0beade482020-08-07 · +4dVerified
HHS OCRbd_56358a8703b154842020-08-04 · +7dVerified

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates

Name: Summit Medical Associates
norm: summit medical associates
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 5, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 24, 2020 – Jun 5, 2020
Undetected for: 133 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Medical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: notify your office of an incidentnotify the Department of Health and Human Services and other regulators of this incident as required

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic computer experts
Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assess the security of Summit systems
Notify potentially affected individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reporting this matter to other regulators as required
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Reviewing our policies, procedures, and processes related to handling of and access to personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(67 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRAug 4 · first

Indiana State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 4 (IN), last Aug 11 (NH) — a 7-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/summit-medical-associates-20200811.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 11, 2020
Raw hash: 99d4fb47ad408d1c8376269c7d0e0d19e4d7d0764e7a5a17a6784725c9653207

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySummit Medical Associates

Victim entitySummit Medical Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jun 5, 2020

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party forensic computer experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov