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First Choice Dental Group Management

bd_dbf4783fc38ce237 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 22, 2023

Filed

Jul 16, 2024

To disclose

38 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

9 filings

Confidence

68%

First Choice Dental Group Management reported a ransomware attack detected on October 22, 2023. An unauthorized actor gained access, encrypted data, and left a ransom note. Files were accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators, secured systems, and is offering credit monitoring. No evidence of identity theft was found.

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Vermont clock✗ VT AG >45 bday38 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 38 weeks / 268 days

Oct 22, 2023

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+29 wks slower

This filing is one of 9 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_0b212f6a1be220402024-07-16Candidate
Oregon State AGbd_4ac6910d0635868b2024-07-16Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_560c5407e69da06b2024-07-16Verified
Maine State AGbd_774fcff01c58e97f2024-07-16Verified

Show 4 more filings ↓up to 15d gap

Washington State AGbd_933a44079bb7ca542024-07-16Verified
Indiana State AGbd_9508987a93ab337e2024-07-16Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_7bab4a5f0ce3cc612024-07-17 · +1dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_82e73da745879bb82024-07-01 · +15dVerified

Name: First Choice Dental Group Management
norm: first choice dental group management

Name: First Choice Dental Group Management
norm: first choice dental group management
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 22, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 16, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PII
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Disconnected access to its network
Engaged cybersecurity professionals to help secure its network and conduct a forensic investigation
Offering free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Changes made: Added new intrusion detection and response tools
Enhanced our data backup systems
Upgraded our firewall
Implemented additional multi-factor authentication requirements for network access
Reset passwords and enhanced our password policy
Made additional changes to our network access policies
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 38 weeks(268 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >45 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 9 filings · 9 states

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Illinois State AGJul 1 · first

Montana State AG+15d

Oregon State AG+15d

New Hampshire State AG+15d

Maine State AG+15d

Washington State AG+15d

Indiana State AG+15d

Vermont State AG+15d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+16d

Pattern: first filing Jul 1 (IL), last Jul 17 (MA) — a 16-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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-07-16-fcdg-management-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2024
Raw hash: 84a8385d60842e09d104033c0f3cafe5824f9ce45e5a1421f1f72b453733a27f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (8) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFirst Choice Dental Group Management

Victim entityFirst Choice Dental Group Management

Incidentdiscovered Oct 22, 2023

Stated responseDisconnected access to its network

ComplianceVT AG >45 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov