MalwareHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIPIIHealth (basic)MediumContained

ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

bd_b5dba7560a5475fe · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 25, 2023

Filed

Feb 28, 2024

To disclose

44 weeks

Affected

904state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. →4 incidents on file

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. reported a ransomware attack on April 25, 2023, affecting 904 Washington residents. The company engaged external experts, contained the breach, and notified individuals on February 22, 2024, offering 24 months of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d44 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 44 weeks / 309 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

Apr 25, 2023

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+32 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

South Carolina State AGbd_1486b6f7289f8aa22024-02-28Candidate
Montana State AGbd_7c03c81d5120b0a92024-02-28Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_b6f4a43c936d5d4d2024-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc1ec7129f314c752024-02-28Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 27d gap

Oregon State AGbd_f282ee037f155ea72024-02-28Verified
Illinois State AGbd_e03f3a083f1ba2cd2024-02-01 · +27dVerified

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com

Name: ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
norm: aspen dental management
Domain: aspendental.com
Industry: HealthcarellmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Apr 25, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 904state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthPassport numberMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 0dexposure 0d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed breach notification with Washington Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate
Increased monitoring of networks
Improved access controls
Hardened systems
Provided 24 months of Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Provided proactive fraud assistance through Cyberscout/Identity Force
Changes made: Increasing monitoring of networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 44 weeks(309 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGFeb 1 · first

South Carolina State AG+27d

Montana State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+27d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+27d

Washington State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 28 (WA) — a 27-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA28094.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2024
Raw hash: dc7aaffe91e59d8d73ddd49ec4a4f0fa80035d13fc741acdcac99fc4dca753b6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Victim entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Apr 25, 2023

Stated responseEngaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com