MalwareHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

ASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

bd_b6f4a43c936d5d4d · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 11, 2023

Filed

Feb 28, 2024

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

950state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Aspen Dental Management, Inc. reported a ransomware attack on April 25, 2023, which led to unauthorized access to personal information of patients. The company became aware of the potential exposure on December 11, 2023, after reviewing files removed from its network. The incident affected 950 New Hampshire residents, with data including names and other identifiers exposed. Aspen Dental engaged third-party security experts, notified federal law enforcement, and provided credit monitoring services to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 230 days

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 79 days

Apr 25, 2023

Begins

Dec 11, 2023

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

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
Washington State AGbd_b5dba7560a5475fe2024-02-28Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_cc1ec7129f314c752024-02-28Verified

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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: Dec 11, 2023
Breach occurred: Apr 25, 2023
Undetected for: 230 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 22, 2024
Affected individuals: 950state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified and is cooperating with federal law enforcement authorities

During the incident: Engaged leading third-party external security experts
Investigated to determine the scope of the incident
Restored operations
Conducted a manual review of hundreds of thousands of documents
Notified and is cooperating with federal law enforcement authorities
Increased the monitoring of its networks
Further improved access controls
Hardened its systems
Provided access to 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 the monitoring of its networks
Further improving access controls
Hardening its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(79 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

Washington State AG+27d

Massachusetts State AG+27d

Oregon State AG+27d

New Hampshire State AG+27d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 1 (IL), last Feb 28 (NH) — 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/aspen-dental-management-20240228.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: a029f7477936d5864e564b9db8dd26e17fd69e0d3ebc4ccb9ba2af154ab18aa2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Victim entityASPEN DENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 11, 2023

Stated responseEngaged leading third-party external security experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov