MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareRansom DemandedData EncryptedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Owens Ear Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 28, 2020

Filed

Jul 27, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Owens Ear Center →

Owens Ear Center notified patients of a ransomware attack on May 28, 2020. Attackers encrypted systems containing PHI, names, DOBs, SSNs, and insurance info. No evidence of data access was found. The center offered one year of free identity monitoring via Kroll and enhanced defenses.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

May 28, 2020

Begins

May 28, 2020

Discovered

Jul 27, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Indiana State AGbd_51ad030be21cc0522020-07-27Verified
HHS OCRbd_79225875fb29a8c32020-07-27Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfd023dde708a5872020-07-27Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_079122edb4c815fe2020-08-03 · +7dVerified

Name: Owens Ear Center
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Name: Owens Ear Center
norm: owens ear center
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 28, 2020
Breach occurred: May 28, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial

During the incident: Offering the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year
Increased our defenses against these rampant attacks
Changes made: Increasing our defenses against these rampant attacks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGJul 27 · first

HHS OCRJul 27 · first

Massachusetts State AGJul 27 · first

Montana State AGJul 27 · first · this page

New Hampshire State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Jul 27 (IN), last Aug 3 (NH) — a 7-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Owens-Ear-Center-Consumer-ltr.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 27, 2020
Raw hash: b1cbffa943d6725bdc93d641589929c9285eb2fc1b13675a99a53107397a8872

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityOwens Ear Center

Victim entityOwens Ear Center

Incidentdiscovered May 28, 2020

Stated responseOffering the services of Kroll to provide identity monitoring at no cost to you for one year

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov