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HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Synergy Specialists Medical Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 9, 2016

Filed

Jan 25, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Synergy Specialists Medical Group →

Synergy Specialists Medical Group, Inc. experienced a data breach on December 9, 2016, when an unauthorized party accessed their Gmail account and sent fraudulent DocuSign emails to patients. The incident potentially exposed patient names, email addresses, and health-related information such as prescription requests and voicemail transcriptions. One New Hampshire resident was affected. The organization secured the account, engaged forensic specialists, and notified regulators including the FBI and HHS. Remediation included migrating to a new email system and implementing additional administrative safeguards.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 47 days

Dec 9, 2016

Discovered

Jan 25, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJan 25 · first
New Hampshire State AGJan 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.