HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Southern Orthopaedic Associates

bd_bafc8258b7cd5e36 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 7, 2021

Filed

Dec 20, 2021

To disclose

24 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Southern Orthopaedic Associates →2 incidents on file

Southern Orthopaedic Associates (dba Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky) notified individuals of unauthorized access to employee email accounts between June 24 and July 8, 2021. The incident was discovered on July 7, 2021. Personal information (names) located in emails may have been accessed. The company engaged forensic specialists, reset passwords, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 13 days

discovery → filing · 24 weeks / 166 days

Jun 24, 2021

Begins

Jul 7, 2021

Discovered

Dec 20, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+13 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_5c35c716ad84cede2021-12-20Verified
Maine State AGbd_a954790451e4e0c12021-12-20Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_e6e0fcfe6269eec82021-12-20Verified

Name: Southern Orthopaedic Associates
norm: southern orthopaedic associates

Name: Southern Orthopaedic Associates
norm: southern orthopaedic associates
Also named: Southern Orthopaedic Associatesdba oflegal entity
Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentuckydba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 7, 2021
Breach occurred: Jun 24, 2021 – Jul 8, 2021
Undetected for: 13 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 20, 2021
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed all employee email account passwords
Took steps to secure the impacted accounts
Engaged an outside computer forensics specialist
Changes made: Implementing additional technical safeguards
Training and education for employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 24 weeks(166 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

HHS OCRDec 20 · first

Maine State AGDec 20 · first

Massachusetts State AGDec 20 · first

Montana State AGDec 20 · first · this page

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/Southern-Orthopaedic-Associates-dba-Orthopaedic-Institute-of-Western-Kentucky-Consumer-Notification-Letter.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 20, 2021
Raw hash: f88c59eb3fea7dea3731306b6fe727a0e8aeeb864aea54ae6111b6cb06b14666

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySouthern Orthopaedic Associates

Victim entitySouthern Orthopaedic Associates

Incidentdiscovered Jul 7, 2021

Stated responseChanged all employee email account passwords

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov