MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData ExfiltratedTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)HighContained

First Choice Dental

bd_774fcff01c58e97f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 22, 2023

Filed

Jul 16, 2024

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected · nationwide

228,287591 in this filing

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

66%

FCDG Management, LLC (d/b/a First Choice Dental) reported a ransomware attack on October 22, 2023. The incident affected 228,287 individuals, including 591 Maine residents. The attacker encrypted data and left a ransom note. Notifications were sent on July 16, 2024, offering 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Maine clockDiscovered Oct 22, 2023 → Filed with AG Jul 16, 2024268d ✗ ME AG >90d38 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 268 days

Oct 22, 2023

Begins

Oct 22, 2023

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+26 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0b212f6a1be220402024-07-16Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_4ac6910d0635868b2024-07-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_560c5407e69da06b2024-07-16Verified
Washington State AGbd_933a44079bb7ca542024-07-16Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 15d gap

Indiana State AGbd_9508987a93ab337e2024-07-16Verified
Vermont State AGbd_dbf4783fc38ce2372024-07-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7bab4a5f0ce3cc612024-07-17 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_82e73da745879bb82024-07-01 · +15dVerified

Name: FCDG Management, LLC
norm: fcdg management

Name: First Choice Dental
norm: first choice dental
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2023
Breach occurred: Oct 22, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2024
Affected individuals: 228,287state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Disconnected access to its network
Engaged cybersecurity professionals to help secure FCD’s network and conduct a forensic investigation
Changes made: Added new intrusion detection and response tools
Enhanced our data backup systems
Upgraded our firewall
Implemented additional multi-factor authentication requirements for network access
Reset passwords and enhanced our password policy
Made additional changes to our network access policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(268 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 268dME resident >180d · 268d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Oct 22, 2023
→ Filed with AG: Jul 16, 2024
268d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Oct 22, 2023
→ Notified: Jul 16, 2024
268d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Oct 22, 2023 → Filed with AG: Jul 16, 2024	268d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Oct 22, 2023 → Notified: Jul 16, 2024	268d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJul 1 · first

Montana State AG+15d

Oregon State AG+15d

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Washington State AG+15d

Indiana State AG+15d

Vermont State AG+15d

Maine State AG+15d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (IL), last Jul 17 (MA) — a 16-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/223c815b-8525-491d-ab29-41d003ecfe00.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2024
Raw hash: 3ee674fc299c5d6db37d2afe110cb812a02a291bd7dcc956162badeba775848d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFCDG Management, LLC

Victim entityFirst Choice Dental

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected access to its network

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov