MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)MediumResolved

Neeley-Nemeth, LLP d/b/a Barton Oaks Dental Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 18, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

66%

Barton Oaks Dental Group (Neeley-Nemeth, LLP) suffered a ransomware attack on March 23, 2017, encrypting servers and PCs. The incident potentially exposed medical and personal information, including SSNs, for two New Hampshire residents. The organization engaged forensic investigators, contacted the FBI, and implemented security recommendations. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Mar 23, 2017

Begins

May 18, 2017

Filed

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

Name: Neeley-Nemeth, LLP d/b/a Barton Oaks Dental Group
norm: neeley-nemeth barton oaks dental group
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Neeley-Nemeth, LLP d/b/a Barton Oaks Dental Group
norm: neeley-nemeth barton oaks dental group
Domain: neeleyconstructioncompany.com
Also named: Neeley-Nemeth, LLPdba oflegal entity
Barton Oaks Dental Groupdba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Mar 23, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 18, 2017
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Contacted the FBI
Engaged a cybersecurity firm to conduct an investigation
Searched hard drives for evidence of data copying
Changes made: Implemented every hardware, software and procedural recommendation provided by the cybersecurity firm
Implemented security best practices to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future
Offering potentially impacted individuals credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for one year at no cost through Equifax
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/neeley-nemeth-20170518.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 18, 2017
Raw hash: daa186b1524a67cd1a134d24dd5ddd3a85b02bd5f0df485827ad7fdc7c955890

Reporting entityNeeley-Nemeth, LLP d/b/a Barton Oaks Dental Group

Victim entityNeeley-Nemeth, LLP d/b/a Barton Oaks Dental Group

IncidentRansomware

Stated responseContacted the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov