MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentialsAuthenticationEmploymentCriticalContained

Professional Business Systems, Inc.

bd_417756b2a81e6a45 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Critical

Discovered

Dec 30, 2020

Filed

Jul 6, 2021

To disclose

27 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,210,688284 in this filing

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Professional Business Systems, Inc. →

Professional Business Systems, Inc. d/b/a Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions experienced a ransomware incident on December 30, 2020. An unauthorized actor attempted to encrypt systems and exfiltrated files containing patient and employee PII, PHI, and financial data. Approximately 1,210,688 individuals were affected, including 284 New Hampshire residents. The company shut down systems, engaged forensic experts, and offered two years of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 weeks / 188 days

Dec 30, 2020

Discovered

Jul 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+16 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_0106ed492c5ece372021-07-01 · +5dVerified
Montana State AGbd_16c2261ae907270f2021-07-01 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_635dc79d7d64eeb62021-07-01 · +5dVerified
California State AGbd_6ae8ca48588440d52021-07-01 · +5dVerified

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Massachusetts State AGbd_b8dc597087b04e672021-07-01 · +5dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_d5463f3d3b1aa5252021-01-01 · +186dCandidate

Name: Professional Business Systems, Inc.
norm: professional business

Name: Professional Business Systems, Inc.
norm: professional business
Also named: Professional Business Systems, Inc.dba oflegal entity
Practicefirst Medical Management Solutionsdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 30, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 30, 2021
Affected individuals: 1,210,688state + nationwide
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountCredentialsAuthenticationEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Equifax, TransUnion, and ExperianReported to relevant government agencies

During the incident: Alerted law enforcement
Shut down our systems
Changed passwords
Retained national privacy and security experts
Implemented measures to further improve the security of its systems and practices
Implemented additional security protocols designed to protect our network, email environment, and systems
Changes made: Offering two years of Credit Monitoring, Fraud Consultation, Minor Identity Monitoring, and Identity Theft Restoration services to affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 weeks(188 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Maine State AG+181d

Montana State AG+181d

HHS OCR+181d

California State AG+181d

Massachusetts State AG+181d

New Hampshire State AG+186d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Jul 6 (NH) — a 186-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/professional-business-systems-dba-practicefirst-medical-20210706.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 6, 2021
Raw hash: 24971bc3a535cfc602fab35bdd70e29c1411be7d64c38f930c803d2007dce3e5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityProfessional Business Systems, Inc.

Victim entityProfessional Business Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 30, 2020

Stated responseAlerted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov