HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 20, 2020

Filed

Jul 20, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center →

Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center notified patients of a data security incident discovered on May 20, 2020, involving unauthorized remote access to electronic patient records. Affected data included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and PHI. The organization changed credentials, implemented safeguards, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 20, 2020

Discovered

Jul 20, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_36c4ac8ab3af49d62020-07-20Candidate

Name: Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center
norm: highpoint foot ankle center

Name: Highpoint Foot & Ankle Center
norm: highpoint foot ankle center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 20, 2020
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Changed the access credentials
Implemented additional safeguards for its patient records
Reported the incident to the appropriate authorities
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Changed the access credentials
Implemented additional safeguards for its patient records
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGJul 20 · first

Montana State AGJul 20 · first · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Highpoint-Foot-Ankle-Center-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 20, 2020
Raw hash: 153daa7de1ceebef1053ee061174e579513221742809e40993401b1bafc1ddbd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHighpoint Foot & Ankle Center

Victim entityHighpoint Foot & Ankle Center

Incidentdiscovered May 20, 2020

Stated responseChanged the access credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov