MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data EncryptedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

bd_d09209cda06f2c25 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 3, 2022

Filed

May 22, 2023

To disclose

15 months

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC →

Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC notified patients of a third-party vendor (Alta Medical Management) breach. Malware attack occurred Nov 13-15, 2021; patient portal vulnerability accessed until Oct 26, 2021. Data potentially impacted: names, SSNs, payment card info, medical records. Notification sent May 22, 2023. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 110 days

discovery → filing · 15 months / 445 days

Nov 13, 2021

Begins

Mar 3, 2022

Discovered

May 22, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+51 wks slower

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Vermont State AGbd_1d56e6a2db4b47362023-05-22Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_bfbf6b7dc3e118bf2023-05-22Verified
Indiana State AGbd_fcb5ecb46cad6b092023-05-19 · +3dCandidate
HHS OCRbd_7b723d47816a115a2023-05-26 · +4dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_4b18c4c790d909632023-05-31 · +9dVerified

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants

Name: Pioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC
norm: pioneer valley ophthalmic consultants
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Mar 3, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 13, 2021 – Nov 15, 2021
Undetected for: 110 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountPHIHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notifying government regulators, as required

During the incident: Coordinated with AMM to determine the full nature and scope of this incident
Notifying government regulators, as required
Offering twelve (12) months of complimentary credit monitoring services through Cyberscout/Identity Force
Changes made: AMM implemented additional measures to secure and monitor its environment
AMM will be onboarding additional technical resources and security personnel
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 months(445 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Indiana State AGMay 19 · first

Vermont State AG+3d

Massachusetts State AG+3d

Montana State AG+3d · this page

HHS OCR+7d

New Hampshire State AG+12d

Pattern: first filing May 19 (IN), last May 31 (NH) — a 12-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-304.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 22, 2023
Raw hash: f4f36496e3a8a0ef56b1a38d49bc0b333913c0fa541a0ecf6f5c9e8b112da307

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

Victim entityPioneer Valley Ophthalmic Consultants, PC

Incidentdiscovered Mar 3, 2022

Stated responseCoordinated with AMM to determine the full nature and scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov