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HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Synergy Specialists Medical Group

bd_c20f97265971c9b0 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 9, 2016

Filed

Jan 27, 2017

To disclose

7 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Synergy Specialists Medical Group →

Synergy Specialists Medical Group, Inc. experienced a data breach involving its Gmail account. On December 9, 2016, the organization discovered that an unauthorized party had sent fraudulent emails to patients, appearing to be from the office regarding a 'Docusign' document. The breach window is listed as December 5-9, 2016. Affected data potentially includes patient registration forms, prescription/lab requests, voicemail transcriptions, and the email recipient list containing names and email addresses. The organization secured the account, hired forensic specialists, and is migrating to a new email system. No evidence of identity theft was found, but credit monitoring was offered.

California clockDiscovered Dec 9, 2016 → Notified Dec 9, 20160d ✓ CA 60-day OK7 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 4 days
discovery → filing · 7 weeks / 49 days

Dec 5, 2016

Begins

Dec 9, 2016

Discovered

Jan 27, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

2 wks faster

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

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGJan 25 · first
New Hampshire State AGJan 25 · first
California State AG+2d · 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.