HackingHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Discovery Practice Management, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 31, 2020

Filed

Jul 1, 2021

To disclose

48 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Discovery Practice Management, Inc. →

Discovery Practice Management, Inc. experienced unauthorized access to staff email accounts for Authentic Recovery Center and Cliffside Malibu facilities between June 22 and June 26, 2020. The incident was discovered on July 31, 2020. Affected data may include names, addresses, dates of birth, SSNs, driver's license numbers, medical records, health insurance info, and financial account details. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured accounts, and offered one year of credit monitoring. The motive was believed to be payment diversion.

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California clockDiscovered Jul 31, 2020 → Notified Jul 1, 2021335d ✗ CA 60-day late48 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 39 days

discovery → filing · 48 weeks / 335 days

Jun 22, 2020

Begins

Jul 31, 2020

Discovered

Jul 1, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+35 wks slower

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_acce4d009f031d912021-06-05 · +26dCandidate

Name: Discovery Practice Management, Inc.
norm: discovery practice management

Name: Discovery Practice Management, Inc.
norm: discovery practice management
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 31, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 22, 2020 – Jun 26, 2020
Undetected for: 39 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 1, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure the accounts
Engaged a computer forensic firm to assist with the investigation
Conducted a comprehensive review of the accounts’ contents to determine the type of information contained and to whom it related
Worked with the Facilities to confirm contact information for potentially impacted individuals
Offering a complimentary one-year membership in Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B
Changes made: Reinforced education with Facilities’ staff regarding how to identify and avoid suspicious emails
Making additional security enhancements to our email environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 48 weeks(335 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 335d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jul 31, 2020
→ Notified: Jul 1, 2021
335d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jul 31, 2020 → Notified: Jul 1, 2021	335d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRJun 5 · first

California State AG+26d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 5 (CA), last Jul 1 (CA) — a 26-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-542513
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 1, 2021
Raw hash: c6bb5eb232059f87ddcdf8d40e8c5b4f86d4a00a0d803b386c99f2db788522a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDiscovery Practice Management, Inc.

Victim entityDiscovery Practice Management, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 31, 2020

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure the accounts

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov