HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalResolved

Gastroenterology Consultants, PA

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jan 10, 2021

Filed

Aug 9, 2021

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected · nationwide

162,1631 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Gastroenterology Consultants, PA →3 incidents on file

Gastroenterology Consultants P.A., a healthcare provider based in Houston, Texas, experienced an external system breach on January 10, 2021. The breach, discovered the same day, affected 162,163 individuals, including one Maine resident. Compromised data included names and Social Security numbers. The organization began notifying affected individuals on August 6, 2021, and offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 10, 2021 → Filed with AG Aug 9, 2021211d ✗ ME AG >90d30 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 · 30 weeks / 211 days

Jan 10, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2021

Discovered

Aug 9, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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

Montana State AGbd_6b751ff38959a0bf2021-08-06 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_030853e2745dcd4c2021-08-05 · +4dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2218613757ea40782021-05-12 · +89dCandidate

Name: Gastroenterology Consultants, PA
norm: gastroenterology consultants

Name: Gastroenterology Consultants, PA
norm: gastroenterology consultants
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 162,163state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Notified consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services through IDX
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(211 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 211dME resident >180d · 208d
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: Jan 10, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2021
211d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Jan 10, 2021
→ Notified: Aug 6, 2021
208d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 10, 2021 → Filed with AG: Aug 9, 2021	211d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Jan 10, 2021 → Notified: Aug 6, 2021	208d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AG+85d

Montana State AG+86d

Maine State AG+89d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 12 (ME), last Aug 9 (ME) — a 89-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/f820f1a3-a5c1-4842-bef2-2ade10888ea6.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 9, 2021
Raw hash: e5fa06b2226dd25c69b27ed1c1c06994d94ca7d9f1fcf4414de8bb20accb5d59

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGastroenterology Consultants, PA

Victim entityGastroenterology Consultants, PA

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2021

Stated responseNotified consumer reporting agencies

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov