WISCONSINPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Forefront Dermatology, Sc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 20, 2022

To disclose

—

Affected

45,580

Linked

3 records

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Forefront Dermatology, Sc →5 incidents on file

Forefront Dermatology, SC (WI) reported to HHS OCR on 2022-10-20 a Theft affecting 45,580 individuals. An employee sold decommissioned electronic devices (other portable electronic devices) containing PHI including names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE sanctioned the responsible employee and others and implemented additional technical safeguards. A business associate was present.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Oct 20, 2022

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

Linked disclosures

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Ransomware claims (1)

Leak Sitecubabd_6495fb269a769b742022-11-04 · +15dCandidate

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_654e37a4cd1500612022-10-20Verified

Name: Forefront Dermatology, Sc
norm: forefront dermatology sc
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Forefront Dermatology, Sc
norm: forefront dermatology sc
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 45,580nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submitted 2022-10-20
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Sanctioned responsible employee and others
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Notified affected individuals
Notified media and provided substitute notice
Changes made: Sanctioned responsible employee and others
Implemented additional technical safeguards
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Montana State AGOct 20 · first

HHS OCROct 20 · 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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Oct 20, 2022
Raw hash: c294f11131353896818d5337d6f78db23a0a2b813d9f1c6d8cf20914835aece3

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Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (1)

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityForefront Dermatology, Sc

Victim entityForefront Dermatology, Sc

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned responsible employee and others

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing