MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

EmergeOrtho

bd_833854a110ab4fe9 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 18, 2022

Filed

Aug 25, 2022

To disclose

14 weeks

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for EmergeOrtho →2 incidents on file

EmergeOrtho, an orthopedic practice in North Carolina, notified individuals of a ransomware attack detected on May 18, 2022. Unauthorized access resulted in exposure of PII including SSNs, names, addresses, DOBs, and in some cases medical records or financial account numbers. The company engaged forensic investigators, coordinated with the FBI, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 14 weeks / 99 days

May 18, 2022

Discovered

Aug 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

+2 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_af37ddc53a0259e72022-08-25Verified
HHS OCRbd_b88760711764c1212022-08-25Verified

Name: EmergeOrtho
norm: emergeortho
Domain: emergeortho.com

Name: EmergeOrtho
norm: emergeortho
Domain: emergeortho.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 18, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 25, 2022
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Coordinating with the FBI

During the incident: Engaged a third-party forensic firm to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity
Coordinating with the FBI
Deployed additional monitoring tools
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance through CyberScout through Identity Force
Changes made: Enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 14 weeks(99 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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Maine State AGAug 25 · first

HHS OCRAug 25 · first

Montana State AGAug 25 · 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/OCP/Consumer-Notification-Letter-515.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 25, 2022
Raw hash: 58c26151ff059cce5e4bb1046a54e14b65d05a5f07b240d088850e89a463baf1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityEmergeOrtho

Victim entityEmergeOrtho

Incidentdiscovered May 18, 2022

Stated responseEngaged a third-party forensic firm to assist with securing the network environment and investigating the extent of any unauthorized activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov