Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 18, 2019

Filed

Feb 14, 2020

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance →4 incidents on file

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance notified Montana residents of a data security incident where unknown parties accessed two employee email accounts between August 16 and October 14, 2019. The breach, discovered October 18, 2019, involved unauthorized access via phishing, potentially exposing names, contact info, DOB, health insurance, and treatment data. TOA engaged forensic investigators and notified the FBI.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 63 days

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 119 days

Aug 16, 2019

Begins

Oct 18, 2019

Discovered

Feb 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_80d78641262bfef52020-02-14Verified
Indiana State AGbd_f3f5ad9eb91e905c2020-02-14Verified

Name: Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance
norm: tennessee orthopaedic alliance

Name: Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance
norm: tennessee orthopaedic alliance
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 18, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 16, 2019 – Oct 14, 2019
Undetected for: 63 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 20, 2020
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Took steps to secure its email system
Launched an investigation with the assistance of a leading digital forensics firm
Reported this matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Changes made: Implemented enhanced security measures in order to better safeguard all personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(119 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRFeb 14 · first

Indiana State AGFeb 14 · first

Montana State AGFeb 14 · first · 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.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-62.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 14, 2020
Raw hash: 2b4c850538d542230094b1a18c78a0f3f6b6bd26281f5b3af2f31c481ab6751f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

Victim entityTennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

Incidentdiscovered Oct 18, 2019

Stated responseTook steps to secure its email system

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov