MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB)

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 16, 2021

Filed

Jun 17, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

40state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB) →

Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC reported a ransomware incident affecting 40 New Hampshire residents. The actor gained access between April 7-10, 2021; the company discovered the encryption on April 16, 2021. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, lab results, and tissue handling info. The server was shut down, forensic investigators retained, and 12 months of credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 9 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 62 days

Apr 7, 2021

Begins

Apr 16, 2021

Discovered

Jun 17, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4e96153608f3e78f2021-06-15 · +2dVerified
HHS OCRbd_bea832dc3e3ec9fd2021-06-15 · +2dVerified

Name: Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB)
norm: reproductive biology associates llc rba and my egg bank north america llc meb

Name: Reproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB)
norm: reproductive biology associates llc rba and my egg bank north america llc meb
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 7, 2021 – Apr 10, 2021
Undetected for: 9 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 15, 2021
Affected individuals: 40state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notifying The Department of Health and Human Services per HIPAA requirements

During the incident: Retained a leading IT forensic services firm to assist in conducting a review of the incident
Shut down the affected server, thus terminating the actor’s access
Deployed device tracking and monitoring to help contain and investigate the scope of the incident
Applied additional internal controls
Provided additional cybersecurity training to staff
Working with a cybersecurity service provider to remediate actions taken by the actor and restore systems
Updating, patching, and in some cases replacing infrastructure to the latest versions
Deploying password resets to appropriate users
Rebuilding impacted systems
Deploying advanced antivirus and malware protection
Notifying The Department of Health and Human Services per HIPAA requirements
Changes made: Provided individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident with access to credit monitoring services for 12 months through Experian at no cost
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(62 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJun 15 · first

HHS OCRJun 15 · first

New Hampshire State AG+2d · 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/reproductive-biology-20210617.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 17, 2021
Raw hash: 18afe52ce29e9428f6f51b5ab0a6648e5f711d5df548ba2cddaf3f21643038d2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityReproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB)

Victim entityReproductive Biology Associates, LLC (RBA) and My Egg Bank North America, LLC (MEB)

Incidentdiscovered Apr 16, 2021

Stated responseRetained a leading IT forensic services firm to assist in conducting a review of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov