MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareCapture Stored DataData ExfiltratedData EncryptedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 5, 2021

Filed

May 10, 2021

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

129state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County →

Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notified NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting 129 NH residents. Unauthorized actor accessed systems on March 1, 2021, encrypted files, and exfiltrated data including SSNs, bank info, and PHI. Discovered March 5, 2021. FBI and HHS notified. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Mar 1, 2021

Begins

Mar 5, 2021

Discovered

May 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

HHS OCRbd_17fbe21d6d7ee4912021-05-04 · +6dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_3c3a90903faf756c2021-05-04 · +6dVerified
Maine State AGbd_cdc2f8515bcf355b2021-05-04 · +6dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County
norm: orthopedic associates of dutchess county
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 5, 2021
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2021
Undetected for: 4 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 4, 2021
Affected individuals: 129state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity
Deployed advanced endpoint monitoring tools to the network
Changed passwords in response to the event
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the Department of Health and Human Services
Providing access to credit monitoring services for one (1) year, through Experian
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(66 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 · 4 states

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HHS OCRMay 4 · first

Massachusetts State AGMay 4 · first

Maine State AGMay 4 · first

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing May 4 (NY), last May 10 (NH) — a 6-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/orthopedic-associates-dutchess-county-20210510.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 10, 2021
Raw hash: 03bf7529e7c7ee6692adca3cca6e452d78c2f8e1252c8f29ee2ca9f77c7214b7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityOrthopedic Associates of Dutchess County

Incidentdiscovered Mar 5, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the activity

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov