HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Fertility Specialists Medical Group

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Mar 20, 2023

Filed

May 16, 2023

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Fertility Specialists Medical Group →

Fertility Specialists Medical Group (FSMG) experienced a network security incident on March 20, 2023, involving unauthorized access to its network environment. The breach window is identified as March 19-20, 2023. Affected data includes patient names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical information. FSMG shut off network access and engaged third-party forensic investigators. Credit monitoring and fraud assistance services were offered to affected patients.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 20, 2023 → Notified May 15, 202356d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Mar 19, 2023

Begins

Mar 20, 2023

Discovered

May 16, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Montana State AGbd_51befe93f87ac1d82023-05-16Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_eb1ba7e4ac523e942023-05-16Verified
HHS OCRbd_26b96ccdd7f17d2d2023-05-15 · +1dVerified

Name: Fertility Specialists Medical Group
norm: fertility specialists medical

Name: Fertility Specialists Medical Group
norm: fertility specialists medical
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2023
Breach occurred: Mar 19, 2023 – Mar 20, 2023
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Shut off all access to the network
Engaged a specialized third-party forensic incident response firm
Retaining third-party IT specialists to confirm the security of our network environment
Providing access to Single Bureau Credit Monitoring/Single Bureau Credit Report/Single Bureau Credit Score services at no charge
Providing proactive fraud assistance
Changes made: Continually reviewing and revising our technical safeguards to prevent a similar incident
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(57 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 56d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 20, 2023
→ Notified: May 15, 2023
56d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 20, 2023 → Notified: May 15, 2023	56d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRMay 15 · first

Montana State AG+1d

Massachusetts State AG+1d

California State AG+1d · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-566749
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 16, 2023
Raw hash: cfb3d2f618ad37ec30eee8f8abf49f2a3a8f9547a5d8b7082117493c1a6b6a74

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFertility Specialists Medical Group

Victim entityFertility Specialists Medical Group

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2023

Stated responseShut off all access to the network

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov