MalwareHealthcareProfessional ServicesHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancialPHICriticalResolved

Sound Generations

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 18, 2021

Filed

Dec 14, 2021

To disclose

21 weeks

Affected · nationwide

600,60567 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Sound Generations →2 incidents on file

Sound Generations, a non-profit serving older adults in Washington, experienced two ransomware incidents in July and September 2021. Systems were encrypted and wiped, preventing confirmation of data exfiltration. Approximately 600,605 individuals (including 67 New Hampshire residents) were notified out of caution. Affected data included PII, health information, and financial data for various stakeholders.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 weeks / 149 days

Jul 18, 2021

Begins

Jul 18, 2021

Discovered

Dec 14, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+12 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_db74d0350ae6cfe62021-12-15 · +1dVerified
Maine State AGbd_f8f74e4f700d5fef2021-12-15 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_4570d4179303ad972021-12-13 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_657924f44f5054c02021-12-13 · +1dVerified

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Washington State AGbd_73d09bac7a89fed82021-12-13 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_7af440e072dfbd552021-12-13 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_da0e4f29eed4219e2021-12-13 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_48774b1a5aa326862021-11-29 · +15dVerified by operator
Illinois State AGbd_95e3c3baef1a0a472021-01-01 · +347dCandidate
Illinois State AGbd_a00705e7f0f285592021-01-01 · +347dVerified

Name: Sound Generations
norm: sound generations

Name: Sound Generations
norm: sound generations
Industry: HealthcarellmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 18, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 18, 2021 – Sep 18, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 13, 2021
Affected individuals: 600,605state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountFinancialPHI
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Hired an independent forensic team to determine the nature and scope of the Incident
Assessed the security of its systems
Notified the potentially affected individuals
Changed passwords
Installed additional security on its systems
Offered 24 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services to all SG employees
Provided all potentially impacted individuals guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Changes made: Greatly enhanced its cybersecurity controls
Changed passwords
Installed additional security on its systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 weeks(149 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+332d

Massachusetts State AG+346d

Oregon State AG+346d

Washington State AG+346d

Montana State AG+346d

Indiana State AG+346d

New Hampshire State AG+347d · this page

California State AG+348d

Maine State AG+348d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 15 (ME) — a 348-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/sound-generations-20211214.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 14, 2021
Raw hash: a1f45085a2d87c8f474e61c3ca666511fc6b37e35dde8a6a8cc2e2144178c11a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySound Generations

Victim entitySound Generations

Incidentdiscovered Jul 18, 2021

Stated responseHired an independent forensic team to determine the nature and scope of the Incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov