MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C.

bd_479ac02af2456f7d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 10, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

971state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C. →

Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C. notified patients of a data security incident involving a ransomware infection that encrypted EMR systems between Feb 2016 and May 2017. While files were restored from backups without paying ransom, unauthorized access occurred during this period. Patient PII including SSNs, DOBs, and medical records may have been accessed. Identity theft protection was offered.

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Incident timeline

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Jul 10, 2017

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_dad68f7876cb8f572017-07-10Verified
HHS OCRbd_803b99d6eaeb18712017-07-07 · +3dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_adc3a8719052b2732017-07-06 · +4dVerified
Montana State AGbd_ff0326c25871d5c32017-07-06 · +4dCandidate

Name: Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C.
norm: peachtree neurological clinic

Name: Peachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C.
norm: peachtree neurological clinic
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2016 – May 31, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 7, 2017
Affected individuals: 971state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Medical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to law enforcement

During the incident: Reported the incident to law enforcement and is cooperating with its investigation
Secured our EMR system
Implemented additional security measures to help prevent any unauthorized access
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts and its MyIDCare solution at no cost
Changes made: Secured our EMR system
Implemented additional security measures to help prevent any unauthorized access
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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New Hampshire State AGJul 6 · first

Montana State AGJul 6 · first

HHS OCR+1d

Massachusetts State AG+4d

South Carolina State AG+4d · 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2017/PeachtreeNeurologicalClinicP.C..pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2017
Raw hash: 9503d49381942139db83a0c45835fa39b44e60532a5d7e40aef249c960c3553a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPeachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C.

Victim entityPeachtree Neurological Clinic, P.C.

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseReported the incident to law enforcement and is cooperating with its investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov