AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 28, 2015

Filed

Sep 25, 2015

To disclose

28 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group →

Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group disclosed a security breach where a document scanning device inadvertently exposed patient health records to the Internet on September 10, 2013. The breach was discovered on August 28, 2015. Affected data included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical information, medical record numbers, health plan data, and in some cases Social Security numbers and state license numbers. The organization took the device offline, secured systems, hired forensic specialists, notified authorities including the FBI, and offered one year of identity monitoring through Kroll.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 717 days

discovery → filing · 28 days

Sep 10, 2013

Begins

Aug 28, 2015

Discovered

Sep 25, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_f8d7e432978572402015-09-25Verified by operator

Name: Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group
norm: silverberg surgical and medical

Name: Silverberg Surgical and Medical Group
norm: silverberg surgical and medical
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 28, 2015
Breach occurred: Sep 10, 2013
Undetected for: 717 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Regulator citations: Notified the appropriate state and federal authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation

During the incident: Took the document scanning device offline
Secured its systems and scanners
Hired a forensic specialist security firm to assist in conducting a full investigation
Secured any data that was involved in this incident
Notified the appropriate state and federal authorities, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Secured the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost for one year
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 28 days(28 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRSep 25 · first

California State AGSep 25 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-57984
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 25, 2015
Raw hash: 689d5bfb179c96c1a019462c57c7bdac4f8d1fb4366fb22ccf14872f13604811

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySilverberg Surgical and Medical Group

Victim entitySilverberg Surgical and Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Aug 28, 2015

Stated responseTook the document scanning device offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov