HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Carolina Arthritis

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Feb 27, 2025

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Carolina Arthritis →

Carolina Arthritis Associates notified consumers of a data security incident on September 27, 2024, where unauthorized access to files may have exposed personal information including names and potentially Social Security numbers. The organization secured its network, engaged cybersecurity experts, and reported the incident to the FBI. Affected individuals are offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday22 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 153 days

Sep 27, 2024

Begins

Sep 27, 2024

Discovered

Feb 27, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+10 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitethreeambd_afad31b5e423fe582024-10-24 · +125dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_25b183630cee60062025-02-27Verified
Maine State AGbd_3e3faec2dc9622c02025-02-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_47d1979d018b1d022025-02-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7da192a3e413a7502025-02-27Verified by operator

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Indiana State AGbd_7f5415b879da33172025-02-27Verified
Maryland State AGbd_8076b43f1a07995d2025-02-27Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_52246c1ac05955052025-02-28 · +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: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the FBI

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network environment
Engaged cybersecurity experts to conduct an investigation
Reported the incident to the FBI
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(153 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bdayLeak >90d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.

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

Massachusetts State AGFeb 27 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 27 · first

Maryland State AGFeb 27 · first

Vermont State AGFeb 27 · first · this page

South Carolina State AG+1d

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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2025-02-27-carolina-arthritis-associates-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 27, 2025
Raw hash: 45734faa562474365fb8f3838de2f78bc78f4636b21b714759acf4295b98c1f5

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarolina Arthritis

Victim entityCarolina Arthritis

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network environment

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov