MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareBrute ForceData EncryptedData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)EmploymentLowResolved

NORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 26, 2023

Filed

Feb 20, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

42state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for NORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC. →

North Hill Communities, Inc., a senior living provider, experienced a ransomware attack. An unauthorized party gained access via brute force on Dec 19, 2023, and exfiltrated ~50GB of data. The incident was detected on Dec 26, 2023. 42 New Hampshire residents were affected. Data included PII, PHI, and employment records. Systems were restored from backups. Credit monitoring was offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Dec 19, 2023

Begins

Dec 26, 2023

Discovered

Feb 20, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

5 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

Maine State AGbd_0d8244bd0edb93132024-02-15 · +5dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_4e6cdd81433bc2322024-02-14 · +6dVerified
HHS OCRbd_5711a389ca07f1522024-02-14 · +6dVerified

Name: NORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC.
norm: north hill communities

Name: NORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC.
norm: north hill communities
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 26, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 19, 2023
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 14, 2024
Affected individuals: 42state-resident count only
Data types: PIIPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1110 Brute ForceT1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNotified other regulatory agencies

During the incident: Secured the network
Engaged third party information technology and forensic specialists
Restored systems using back-ups
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Notified other regulatory agencies
Posted notice on its website
Provided credit monitoring from Cyberscout through Identity Force
Changes made: Added additional computer security protections and protocols
Implementing additional security detection and response software
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 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

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Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

HHS OCRFeb 14 · first

Maine State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+6d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 14 (IN), last Feb 20 (NH) — a 6-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/north-hill-communities-20240220.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 20, 2024
Raw hash: b50f468f9a6bb2b0d2d12ee77d4548f6dd22005d767c520f2aeba59014ab74e7

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityNORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC.

Victim entityNORTH HILL COMMUNITIES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 26, 2023

Stated responseSecured the network

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov