MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIFinancial accountCredentialsLowContained

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

bd_4b18c4c790d90963 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 3, 2022

Filed

May 31, 2023

To disclose

15 months

Affected

350state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC →

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants (PVOC) notified the NH AG of a third-party vendor (AMM) breach affecting 350 NH residents. AMM's billing servers were hit by malware Nov 13-15, 2021, and its patient portal was vulnerable until Oct 26, 2021. PVOC learned of the malware attack on March 3, 2022. Data potentially exposed included names, emails, and partial payment card info. PVOC offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 110 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 454 days

Nov 13, 2021

Begins

Mar 3, 2022

Discovered

May 31, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+52 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_7b723d47816a115a2023-05-26 · +5dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_1d56e6a2db4b47362023-05-22 · +9dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfbf6b7dc3e118bf2023-05-22 · +9dVerified
Montana State AGbd_d09209cda06f2c252023-05-22 · +9dVerified

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Indiana State AGbd_fcb5ecb46cad6b092023-05-19 · +12dCandidate

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2021 – Nov 15, 2021
Undetected for: 110 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 19, 2023
Affected individuals: 350state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1071 Application Layer Protocol
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pursuant to HIPAA and HITECH
Third party: via Alta Medical Management and ECL Group, LLC

During the incident: Coordinated with AMM to determine the full nature and scope of this incident
Provided access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year through Sontiq
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Notified the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Provided notice to other state regulators and the three major consumer/credit reporting agencies
Changes made: AMM implemented additional measures to secure and monitor its environment
AMM will be onboarding additional technical resources and security personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(454 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

Vermont State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d

HHS OCR+7d

New Hampshire State AG+12d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 19 (IN), last May 31 (NH) — a 12-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/pioneer-valley-ophthalmic-consultants-20230531.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2023
Raw hash: 71a900238a78cffb70560524c72ea76580844a8e46270e64c4090264c46c1793

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

Victim entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2022

Stated responseCoordinated with AMM to determine the full nature and scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov