HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Carolina Arthritis

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Feb 27, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

36,9613 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Carolina Arthritis →

Carolina Arthritis Associates, a rheumatology practice, reported an external system breach (hacking) on September 27, 2024. The incident potentially exposed PHI and PII (including SSNs) for 36,961 individuals, including 3 Maine residents. The breach was discovered on January 21, 2025, and notifications were sent on February 27, 2025. The FBI was notified, and affected individuals were offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Sep 27, 2024 → Filed with AG Feb 27, 2025153d ✗ ME AG >90d5 weeks 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 · 22 weeks / 153 days

Sep 27, 2024

Begins

Sep 27, 2024

Discovered

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by threeam about this victim predates this filing by 125 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitethreeambd_afad31b5e423fe582024-10-24 · +125dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25b183630cee60062025-02-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_47d1979d018b1d022025-02-27Verified
Vermont State AGbd_5c4c73fe342044712025-02-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7da192a3e413a7502025-02-27Verified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_7f5415b879da33172025-02-27Verified
Maryland State AGbd_8076b43f1a07995d2025-02-27Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_52246c1ac05955052025-02-28 · +1dVerified

Name: Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
norm: constangy brooks smith prophete
Industry: professional_services

Name: Carolina Arthritis
norm: carolina arthritis
Domain: carolinaarthritis.com
Industry: healthcare
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2025
Affected individuals: 36,961state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Date of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Maine Attorney GeneralNotified the FBI
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Undertook a comprehensive programmatic and manual review of the affected data
Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment
Notified the FBI and will cooperate with any resulting investigation
Provided 12 months of complimentary identity protection services and credit monitoring through Cyberscout
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures to further harden its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(37 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 153dME resident >60d · 153dLeak >90d
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: Sep 27, 2024
→ Filed with AG: Feb 27, 2025
153d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
→ Notified: Feb 27, 2025
153d 60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days) ME resident >60d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Sep 27, 2024 → Filed with AG: Feb 27, 2025	153d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Sep 27, 2024 → Notified: Feb 27, 2025	153d	60 days (analyst band; statutory cap is 30 days)	ME resident >60d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 27 · first

HHS OCRFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 27 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 27 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 27 · first

Maine State AGFeb 27 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

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-a1252b4f8318/22481eb7-c426-4244-9613-09ab738b2fd2.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2025
Raw hash: 0b0a48784e2ff36d7ee80a34ff33a7eb5ed45cd1b77396aedd92cdaba7de3f3e

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityConstangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Victim entityCarolina Arthritis

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov