MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Gastroenterology Consultants, PA

bd_6b751ff38959a0bf · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 10, 2021

Filed

Aug 6, 2021

To disclose

30 weeks

Affected

16state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gastroenterology Consultants, PA →3 incidents on file

Gastroenterology Consultants, P.A. notified Montana residents of a January 10, 2021 ransomware incident. The attack resulted in potential exfiltration of patient PII and PHI (name, address, health info). The organization engaged forensic investigators, deployed endpoint monitoring, and issued notifications to all patients due to the scope of the investigation.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 30 weeks / 208 days

Jan 10, 2021

Begins

Jan 10, 2021

Discovered

Aug 6, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+17 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_030853e2745dcd4c2021-08-05 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_4155e21f1be7b2d32021-08-09 · +3dVerified
Maine State AGbd_2218613757ea40782021-05-12 · +86dCandidate

Name: Gastroenterology Consultants, PA
norm: gastroenterology consultants

Name: Gastroenterology Consultants, PA
norm: gastroenterology consultants
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Jan 10, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2021
Affected individuals: 16state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged a specialized cybersecurity firm and breach counsel to conduct a forensic investigation
Performed data mining to identify the specific individuals and the type of information that may have been compromised
Deployed endpoint monitoring and detection tools to continuously monitor for any malicious activity within our systems
Changes made: Deployed endpoint monitoring and detection tools to continuously monitor for any malicious activity within our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 30 weeks(208 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

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Maine State AGMay 12 · first

Maine State AG+85d

Montana State AG+86d · this page

Maine State AG+89d

Pattern: first filing May 12 (ME), last Aug 9 (ME) — a 89-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/notificationLetter-32.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 6, 2021
Raw hash: c804890f425f65b7045954ae24f7d78c2c8f91facc46708d5e411a71dbb33e1b

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGastroenterology Consultants, PA

Victim entityGastroenterology Consultants, PA

Incidentdiscovered Jan 10, 2021

Stated responseEngaged a specialized cybersecurity firm and breach counsel to conduct a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov