MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

CarePointe ENT

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 25, 2021

Filed

Aug 23, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for CarePointe ENT →2 incidents on file

CarePointe ENT notified patients of a ransomware attack on June 25, 2021. Attackers encrypted systems containing electronic healthcare records, potentially exposing names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, and medical insurance info. The organization increased threat detection and restricted remote access. No evidence of misuse was found, but unauthorized access could not be ruled out.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Jun 25, 2021

Begins

Jun 25, 2021

Discovered

Aug 23, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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_393210c9ab834a472021-08-23Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_5e6f72bdd7449e602021-08-23Verified
Indiana State AGbd_d4f4a17d73293ec02021-08-23Verified

Name: CarePointe ENT
norm: carepointe ent

Name: CarePointe ENT
norm: carepointe ent
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 25, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 25, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Initiated an investigation
Increasing threat detection
Further restricting remote access
Changes made: Increasing threat detection
Further restricting remote access to meet the continually evolving cyber threat
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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 · 3 states

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HHS OCRAug 23 · first

Massachusetts State AGAug 23 · first

Indiana State AGAug 23 · first

Montana State AGAug 23 · 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/notificationLetter-69.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 23, 2021
Raw hash: f80c4e2d6619b230ebc6767af5f869d9b78c66452aa984cb4182c13c6e653bf7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCarePointe ENT

Victim entityCarePointe ENT

Incidentdiscovered Jun 25, 2021

Stated responseInitiated an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov