HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsAuthenticationHighContained

Southwest Family Medicine Associates

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Severity

High

Discovered

Aug 7, 2024

Filed

Nov 7, 2024

To disclose

14 days

Affected · nationwide

36,9593 in this filing

Linked

7 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Southwest Family Medicine Associates →

South West Family Medicine Associates, PA reported a network security incident occurring on August 7, 2024, discovered on October 24, 2024. The breach affected 36,959 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. Impacted data included SSNs, driver's licenses, medical records, and financial credentials. The company engaged external forensic investigators and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 7, 2024 → Filed with AG Nov 7, 202492d ⏱ ME AG >30d14 days discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Aug 7, 2024

Begins

Aug 7, 2024

Discovered

Nov 7, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 7 records about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim was first seen 86 days before this filing.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_18f534242947244b2024-08-13 · +85dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_51f1dec5f33c98412024-11-07Verified
Indiana State AGbd_84cfa0fdfd6e9f0c2024-11-07Verified
HHS OCRbd_e4512f9aba8d72c62024-11-07Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_a4d4c4ac8b63a1032024-11-08 · +1dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_779ec7d8d07443832024-11-12 · +5dVerified

Name: Southwest Family Medicine Associates
norm: southwest family medicine associates
Domain: sfmahealth.com
Industry: Healthcare

Name: Southwest Family Medicine Associates
norm: southwest family medicine associates
Domain: sfmahealth.com
Industry: Healthcare
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 7, 2024
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 36,959state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsAuthentication
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Commenced a prompt and thorough investigation
Working very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Offering identity theft protection services through IDX, A ZeroFox Company
Providing 12 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Providing a $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Providing fully managed id theft recovery services
Changes made: Continually evaluates and modifies its practices and internal controls to enhance the security and privacy of your information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 days(14 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 92dLeak >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Aug 7, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Nov 7, 2024
92d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 7, 2024 → Filed with AG: Nov 7, 2024	92d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 6 states

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Montana State AGNov 7 · first

Indiana State AGNov 7 · first

HHS OCRNov 7 · first

Maine State AGNov 7 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Nov 7 (MT), last Nov 12 (NH) — 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.

Source URL: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/295cec38-d037-4c7c-b38d-ec595d817cd9.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 7, 2024
Raw hash: 713f75981d7928a122e2dd9d1d05c6e333890dd420fa7e90c028a1fd3001f4c1

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthwest Family Medicine Associates

Victim entitySouthwest Family Medicine Associates

Incidentdiscovered Aug 7, 2024

Stated responseCommenced a prompt and thorough investigation

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov