HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentialsMediumContained

SUPERIOR DENTAL CARE, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 23, 2019

Filed

Apr 4, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

8state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SUPERIOR DENTAL CARE, INC. →

Superior Dental Care notified the NH AG of unauthorized access to an employee email account from Dec 21, 2018 to Jan 23, 2019. 8 NH residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOB, driver's licenses, bank info, and credentials. SDC engaged forensic experts, secured the account, and offered 1 year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 33 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 71 days

Dec 21, 2018

Begins

Jan 23, 2019

Discovered

Apr 4, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_340041342432a1db2019-03-25 · +10dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_8c78a6433fc9ab432019-03-25 · +10dVerified
HHS OCRbd_d5d3da22fc22d26f2019-03-25 · +10dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_cf102ed662fbe0ff2019-01-01 · +93dCandidate

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: SUPERIOR DENTAL CARE, INC.
norm: superior dental care
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 23, 2019
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2018 – Jan 23, 2019
Undetected for: 33 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 25, 2019
Affected individuals: 8state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney GeneralNotified other state and federal regulators as necessary
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure the email account
Engaged third-party forensic experts to investigate the nature and scope of the incident
Provided written notice to affected individuals
Offered complimentary access to one year of credit and identity monitoring services through ID Experts
Provided guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice to other state and federal regulators
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to protect the security of information in its systems
Reviewing existing policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(71 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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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Montana State AG+83d

Massachusetts State AG+83d

HHS OCR+83d

New Hampshire State AG+93d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 4 (NH) — a 93-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/superior-dental-care-20190401.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 4, 2019
Raw hash: 0b54277b98702140856230bb2b0dca7e46d78dfc7fce2ec3122901b962059543

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entitySUPERIOR DENTAL CARE, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 23, 2019

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov