HackingHealthcareHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHigh

Sandhills Medical Foundation

bd_b0a2d000ebf18e01 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 8, 2021

Filed

Mar 5, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

39,6022 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Sandhills Medical Foundation →2 incidents on file

Sandhills Medical Foundation, Inc. experienced an external system breach on September 23, 2020, which was discovered on January 8, 2021. The breach affected 39,602 individuals, compromising names and Social Security numbers. The company began notifying affected individuals on March 5, 2021, and offered one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.

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Maine clockDiscovered Jan 8, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 5, 202156d ⏱ ME AG >30d8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

undetected · 107 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 23, 2020

Begins

Jan 8, 2021

Discovered

Mar 5, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_08ced65adf490ba92021-03-05Verified
South Carolina State AGbd_b9653a4a741ed8362021-03-05Verified
HHS OCRbd_ccb15993db7aaf7e2021-03-12 · +7dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_0c72529b822ca5f92021-01-01 · +63dCandidate

Name: Sandhills Medical Foundation
norm: sandhills medical
Domain: sandhillsmedical.org

Name: Sandhills Medical Foundation
norm: sandhills medical
Domain: sandhillsmedical.org
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 8, 2021
Breach occurred: Sep 23, 2020
Undetected for: 107 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 5, 2021
Affected individuals: 39,602state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to all affected patients.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >30d · 56d
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jan 8, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2021
56d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jan 8, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 5, 2021	56d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Massachusetts State AG+63d

South Carolina State AG+63d

Maine State AG+63d · this page

HHS OCR+70d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Mar 12 (SC) — a 70-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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d3f60eab-4daa-42d3-b675-5971ba15d47f.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 5, 2021
Raw hash: 0a5191754d80a84b39c3a61880ccf49d6f585e16a4b93b9f07cdfc087971fbc2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySandhills Medical Foundation

Victim entitySandhills Medical Foundation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 8, 2021

Stated responseOffering one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection to all affected patients.

ComplianceME AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov