HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Heartland Dental, LLC

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 3, 2015

Filed

Jun 3, 2015

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for Heartland Dental, LLC →2 incidents on file

Heartland Dental, LLC notified the NH Attorney General of unauthorized access to its websites from March 31, 2013 to March 23, 2015. The breach compromised employment applicant data including SSNs, names, and addresses. Approximately 3 NH residents were affected. Notices were sent on June 2, 2015, offering 12 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 794 days

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

Mar 31, 2013

Begins

Jun 3, 2015

Discovered

Jun 3, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

19 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_bf5e39d29854cb752015-06-08 · +5dVerified
HHS OCRbd_3c8bbd607262fb922015-06-24 · +21dCandidate

Name: Heartland Dental, LLC
norm: heartland dental

Name: Heartland Dental, LLC
norm: heartland dental
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2013 – Mar 23, 2015
Undetected for: 794 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 2, 2015
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1074 Data StagedT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Disabled access to the compromised websites
Launched an internal investigation
Contained the intrusion
Reinforced cybersecurity technologies
Sent notification letters via first class mail
Offered twelve (12) months of complimentary identity protection services through Experian
Notified the major credit bureaus
Changes made: Reinforced cybersecurity technologies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

HHS OCR+21d

Pattern: first filing Jun 3 (NH), last Jun 24 (IL) — a 21-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/heartland-dental-20150603.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 3, 2015
Raw hash: 5985baadefd1ce7559354cd68e1ce11bf9ccdd06188329d948241b35fc73ec0d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityHeartland Dental, LLC

Victim entityHeartland Dental, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2015

Stated responseDisabled access to the compromised websites

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov