Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Starling Physicians

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 7, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Starling Physicians →4 incidents on file

Starling Physicians, PC reported a data security incident discovered on July 7, 2020, involving its business email environment. The incident exposed patient personal information, including names, DOBs, SSNs, and medical records, to an unauthorized individual. 14 New Hampshire residents were affected. Notifications were mailed on September 4, 2020, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jul 7, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_0286ca97fb57d43f2020-09-04Verified
HHS OCRbd_f7558cdec53f28d62020-09-04Verified
Montana State AGbd_1e1577657c962e112020-09-03 · +1dCandidate

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Starling Physicians
norm: starling physicians
Domain: starlingphysicians.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 4, 2020
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General Consumer Protection Bureau
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged third-party electronic discovery vendor to conduct investigation
Arranged for complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for twenty-four (24) months
Performed additional hardening of its network, platforms, and software
Changes made: Performing additional hardening of its network, platforms, and software to prevent the future occurrence of any similar data security incidents
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Montana State AGSep 3 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

HHS OCR+1d

New Hampshire State AG+1d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/starling-physicians-20200904.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: dd29692d4ad4da792bad4c32a75ef5896750c9e471bd6042fe0f1bb3c9dcfd8d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entityStarling Physicians

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2020

Stated responseEngaged third-party electronic discovery vendor to conduct investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov