MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Atlantic Digestive Specialists

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Severity

High

Discovered

Feb 20, 2017

Filed

Jun 20, 2017

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

94,195state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Atlantic Digestive Specialists →

Atlantic Digestive Specialists (ADS) filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire Attorney General regarding a ransomware incident. ADS discovered the infection on February 20, 2017, after systems were affected around February 18, 2017. The incident impacted 94,195 New Hampshire residents. Compromised data included names, DOBs, addresses, SSNs, and PHI. ADS engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and HHS, and provided 12 months of credit monitoring via Equifax.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 120 days

Feb 18, 2017

Begins

Feb 20, 2017

Discovered

Jun 20, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

+5 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_6b43b3ef95b0946d2017-06-20Verified
HHS OCRbd_02e482e0a5c0c2a72017-04-21 · +60dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_19214e8691281dc92017-04-21 · +60dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_f7455d3974f29acb2017-04-21 · +60dVerified

Name: Atlantic Digestive Specialists
norm: atlantic digestive specialists

Name: Atlantic Digestive Specialists
norm: atlantic digestive specialists
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 20, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2017
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 94,195state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBIProvided notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProvided notice to the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged third-party forensic investigators
Notified the FBI
Provided notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Provided notice to the New Hampshire Attorney General
Provided notice to other state regulators as necessary
Provided all potentially affected individuals access to 12 months of credit and identity monitoring services through Equifax
Established a dedicated call center for potentially affected individuals
Changes made: Moved impacted systems offline
Removed ransomware from affected systems
Working to implement additional safeguards and security measures to enhance the privacy and security of information on systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(120 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 · 3 states

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HHS OCRApr 21 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 21 · first

Massachusetts State AGApr 21 · first

Montana State AG+60d

New Hampshire State AG+60d · this page

Pattern: first filing Apr 21 (NH), last Jun 20 (NH) — a 60-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/atlantic-digestive-20170620.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 20, 2017
Raw hash: f3f4d07a706ef3fc412e456331e88f51aedb0567cdc19180132156662ce23cc3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAtlantic Digestive Specialists

Victim entityAtlantic Digestive Specialists

Incidentdiscovered Feb 20, 2017

Stated responseEngaged third-party forensic investigators

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov