HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)LowContained

Carolina Arthritis

bd_52246c1ac0595505 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Feb 28, 2025

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

434state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Carolina Arthritis →

Carolina Arthritis Associates notified patients of a data security incident on September 27, 2024, where files were acquired without authorization. Personal information, including names, was involved. The organization engaged cybersecurity experts, reported to the FBI, and offered credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Leak gap clock⏱ Leak >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 154 days

Sep 27, 2024

Begins

Sep 27, 2024

Discovered

Feb 28, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by threeam about this victim predates this filing by 126 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitethreeambd_afad31b5e423fe582024-10-24 · +126dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25b183630cee60062025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_3e3faec2dc9622c02025-02-27 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_47d1979d018b1d022025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_5c4c73fe342044712025-02-27 · +1dVerified

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 1d gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_7da192a3e413a7502025-02-27 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_7f5415b879da33172025-02-27 · +1dVerified
Maryland State AGbd_8076b43f1a07995d2025-02-27 · +1dVerified

Name: Carolina Arthritis
norm: carolina arthritis
Domain: carolinaarthritis.com

Name: Carolina Arthritis
norm: carolina arthritis
Domain: carolinaarthritis.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2024
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 27, 2025
Affected individuals: 434state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the FBI

During the incident: Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Reported the incident to the FBI
Cooperating with any resulting investigation
Implemented measures to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring, Single Bureau Credit Report, Single Bureau Credit Score services, identity protection services, identity resolution services, and a $1,000,000 identity theft insurance policy at no charge
Changes made: Implemented measures to reduce the risk of a similar incident occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(154 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 27 · first

Maine State AGFeb 27 · first

HHS OCRFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 27 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 27 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 27 · first

South Carolina 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Security%20Breach%20Notices/2025/CarolinaArthritisAssociates.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2025
Raw hash: ec8fccbe0e70f9f8b548c115d15d3e47392e64f788f66e3ed1fd7eaedacf3674

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Arthritis

Victim entityCarolina Arthritis

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2024

Stated responseEngaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation

ComplianceLeak >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov