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Physicians to Children & Adolescents

bd_ab8a5e233cc6b930 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Nov 17, 2024

To disclose

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Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

50%

Threat-actor claim — not a regulatory filing

This row is a claim by the ransomware group Cactus on its public extortion blog. It has not been validated by the victim or any regulator. Treat attribution and counts as the threat actor's assertion until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure corroborates them.

Group activity: HealthcareDiscovered: 2024-12-23
Listing address (not linked): https://cactusbloguuodvqjmnzlwetjlpj6aggc6iocwhuupb47laukux7ckid.onion/posts/BARDSTOWNView merged incident timeline

Source: Ransomware.live

Post text · scraped from the leak site

<p>Hospitals &amp; Physicians Clinics.<br><br>“At Physicians to Children &amp; Adolescents, we offer a full range of pediatric care including prenatal visits for expecting parents, well–child check–ups, etc. Our mission is to provide outstanding care and services that meet the highest quality standards.”<br><br>Website: <a href="www.ptcky.com">www.ptcky.com<\/a><br><br>Revenue : $5M<br><br>Address: 201 S 5th St, Bardstown, Kentucky, 40004, United States<br><br>Phone Number: ([REDACTED-PHONE]<br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Download link #1:<\/strong><\/mark> &nbsp;<a href="https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/BARDSTOWN/PROOF/">https://6wuivqgrv2g7brcwhjw5co3vligiqowpumzkcyebku7i2busrvlxnzid.onion/BARDSTOWN/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>Mirror:<\/strong><\/mark> <a href="https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/BARDSTOWN/PROOF/">https://cactus5dqnqkppa5ayckiyk6dttpqwczdqphv5mxh4dkk5ct544q5aad.onion/BARDSTOWN/PROOF/<\/a><br><br><mark class="marker-yellow"><strong>DATA DESCRIPTIONS:<\/strong><\/mark> Thousands of patients Personal Identifiable information, medical records, reports, corporate docs, employee data, database backups, etc.<\/p><p><img src="/uploads/ZZZZZ_2_ZVD_5_88a09b5ba6.png" alt="ZZZZZ2ZVD5.png"><img src="/uploads/ZZZZZ_2_PU_5_D_4310f51097.png" alt="ZZZZZ2PU5D.png"><img src="/uploads/M_Johnson_PTCA_visit_8_29_24_c3e16aac7c.png" alt="M. Johnson PTCA visit 8-29-24.png"><img src="/uploads/ZZZZZ_2_UOCG_656fd2d1fb.png" alt="ZZZZZ2UOCG.png"><img src="/uploads/ZZZZZ_30_ALM_5d683ca405.png" alt="ZZZZZ30ALM.png"><\/p>

Incident timeline — mostly unverified

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Nov 17, 2024

Claim posted

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Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Claim → filing

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Compliance clock

Not assessable

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

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗
Leak SiteNov 17 · first · this page
Nebraska State AG+341d
Indiana State AG+341d
HHS OCR+341d

Pattern: first filing Nov 17, last Oct 24 (KY) — a 341-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claimThis record

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filing

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source ceiling

  • actor name
  • victim claim
  • ransom/leak status
  • discovery date
  • materiality
  • notification
  • affected count
  • confirmed data types
  • compliance clock

The ✕ fields stay blank until a regulatory filing or victim disclosure lands.

About this groupFirst seen 2023-07-03

cactus

According to ransomware.live, The CACTUS ransomware is said to have emerged around March 2023. The group became known for exploiting vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain a presence within the organization's infrastructure. There is little known information about the ransomware group, except that it emerged on the mentioned date and, following encryption, a text file named 'cAcTuS.readme.txt' would be created. Additionally, encrypted files were altered to the '.cts1' extension, and data exfiltration and victim extortion were conducted through the use of the service known as Tox. Source: https://github.com/crocodyli/ThreatActors-TTPs

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