HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHIHighContained

Medusind, Inc. - Aspen Dental

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 29, 2023

Filed

Jan 7, 2025

To disclose

13 months

Affected

2,382state residents only

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Medusind, Inc. - Aspen Dental →

Medusind, Inc. notified the Iowa AG of a cyber incident affecting Aspen Dental Inc. patients. Discovered Dec 29, 2023, suspicious activity led to unauthorized access and copying of files containing PHI, SSNs, and financial data. 2,382 Iowa residents notified Jan 7, 2025. Medusind engaged forensic investigators, reported to the FBI, and offers 24 months of identity monitoring.

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Iowa clock✓ IA AG ≤5 bday13 months discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 months / 375 days

Dec 29, 2023

Begins

Dec 29, 2023

Discovered

Jan 7, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

+41 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,382 affectedView incident

Name: Medusind, Inc.
norm: medusind

Name: Medusind, Inc. - Aspen Dental
norm: medusind inc aspen dental
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2023
Breach occurred: Dec 29, 2023
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 7, 2025
Affected individuals: 2,382state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHealth (basic)PHI
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: reported the incident to law enforcement and government partners, including the FBI

During the incident: Took the affected systems offline
Hired a leading cybersecurity forensic firm to conduct an investigation
Reported the incident to law enforcement and government partners, including the FBI
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Offered 24 months of identity monitoring services at no cost
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 months(375 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: IA AG ≤5 bday
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/media/cms/172025_Medusind_Inc_FDF590EF9E4F9.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 7, 2025
Raw hash: 66319711c31d6c4d12e88c8a87a88d088b2f023209a85e67f5b958a944325d80

Reporting entityMedusind, Inc.

Victim entityMedusind, Inc. - Aspen Dental

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2023

Stated responseTook the affected systems offline

ComplianceIA AG ≤5 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.iowaattorneygeneral.gov