PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumActive

Advocate Medical Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 15, 2013

Filed

Aug 23, 2013

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

271state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Advocate Medical Group notified the NH AG that an administrative office in Park Ridge, IL was burglarized on July 14-15, 2013. Four password-protected but unencrypted computers containing patient demographic, SSN, and limited clinical data were stolen. AMG notified 271 NH residents on August 23, 2013, offering one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Jul 14, 2013

Begins

Jul 15, 2013

Discovered

Aug 23, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_4fe3fb7bb9b967072013-08-23Candidate
HHS OCRbd_d9aecb1044799dfd2013-08-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_63875144ef6d0e042013-08-26 · +3dVerified
HHS OCR enforcementbd_e90c2faf6ee004f12016-08-04 · +1077dVerified by operator

Name: Advocate Medical Group
norm: advocate medical group
Domain: advocatehealth.com

Name: Advocate Medical Group
norm: advocate medical group
Domain: advocatehealth.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 15, 2013
Breach occurred: Jul 14, 2013 – Jul 15, 2013
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 23, 2013
Affected individuals: 271state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Notified the Park Ridge Police Department
Began notifying individuals
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Providing call center support for those affected
Enhanced its security measures
Conducting a thorough review of its policies and procedures
Changes made: Enhanced its security measures
Conducting a thorough review of its policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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 · 4 states

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California State AGAug 23 · first

HHS OCRAug 23 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 23 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

HHS OCR enforcement+1077d

Pattern: first filing Aug 23 (CA), last Aug 4 — a 1077-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/advocate-medical-group-20130823.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2013
Raw hash: e93b967e72e6861f10ba79e575f83f0195037fa396dbdbc1f464b35b4def5c14

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAdvocate Medical Group

Victim entityAdvocate Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Jul 15, 2013

Stated responseNotified the Park Ridge Police Department

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov