HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareVulnerability ExploitCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

EMS Management and Consultants Inc.

bd_6035553c200b8f0a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 12, 2023

Filed

Aug 10, 2023

To disclose

29 days

Affected

31state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for EMS Management and Consultants Inc. →2 incidents on file

EMS Management and Consultants, Inc. reported a data breach affecting 31 New Hampshire residents. An unknown actor accessed the MOVEit Transfer server on May 30, 2023, exploiting a vulnerability disclosed by Progress Software Corp. in May/June 2023. Personal information, including names and government IDs, was exfiltrated. EMS|MC discovered the incident on July 12, 2023, after a data review. Notices were sent to affected individuals on August 9, 2023, offering credit monitoring. EMS| engaged forensic specialists and patched the vulnerable software.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 29 days

May 30, 2023

Begins

Jul 12, 2023

Discovered

Aug 10, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_70f646de74f5cffd2023-08-10Verified
Maine State AGbd_87f59e0d4c0abcea2023-08-10Verified
Montana State AGbd_8ff9e4e1ed3639a72023-08-10Verified
Vermont State AGbd_f7bd2cf2bd973dbd2023-08-10Verified

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South Carolina State AGbd_ec9c266126c3892a2023-08-11 · +1dVerified

Name: EMS Management and Consultants Inc.
norm: ems management and consultants

Name: EMS Management and Consultants Inc.
norm: ems management and consultants
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 12, 2023
Breach occurred: May 30, 2023
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: Jul 12, 2023
Notification sent: Aug 9, 2023
Affected individuals: 31state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesProvided written notice to relevant state and federal regulators
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Moved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident
Assessed the security of the MOVEit server and EMS|MC systems
Identified potentially affected individuals
Provided access to credit monitoring services for through Experian
Provided impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state and federal regulators
Notifying the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Notifying the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and prominent media pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Changes made: Moved quickly to patch the tool and undertook recommended mitigation steps
Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party cybersecurity specialists
Engaged a third-party data analysis firm to perform a detailed review of the involved data
Reviewing and enhancing its existing policies and procedures related to data privacy
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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 · 6 states

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Massachusetts State AGAug 10 · first

Maine State AGAug 10 · first

Montana State AGAug 10 · first

Vermont State AGAug 10 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 10 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/ems-management-consultants-20230810.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 10, 2023
Raw hash: 489eaeb574392c2fdd1b6f2d0ed6d923b708f6067a5483b8c445c407e1f06503

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEMS Management and Consultants Inc.

Victim entityEMS Management and Consultants Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 12, 2023

Stated responseMoved quickly to investigate and respond to the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov