MalwareRetail & ConsumerRetailRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)LowContained

ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

bd_7c03c81d5120b0a9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

Feb 28, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

20state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. →4 incidents on file

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. notified individuals of a ransomware attack on April 25, 2023. Unauthorized access to personal information (names) was discovered on December 11, 2023. Notices were sent on February 22, 2024. The company engaged cybersecurity experts, hardened systems, and provided 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 230 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

Dec 11, 2023

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+3 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_1486b6f7289f8aa22024-02-28Candidate
Washington State AGbd_b5dba7560a5475fe2024-02-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6f4a43c936d5d4d2024-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc1ec7129f314c752024-02-28Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_f282ee037f155ea72024-02-28Verified
Illinois State AGbd_e03f3a083f1ba2cd2024-02-01 · +27dVerified

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Dec 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023
Undetected for: 230 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 20state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate
Increased monitoring of networks
Improved access controls
Hardened systems
Provided access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout/Identity Force
Changes made: Increasing monitoring of networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

South Carolina State AG+27d

Washington State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+27d

Montana State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 28 (MT) — a 27-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/Consumer-notification-letter-1141.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2024
Raw hash: 7b81e46b8a9a458e26b352983de57197dd2d15df31fe180e9b1174e965190c33

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Victim entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2023

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov