HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Columbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

Feb 9, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Columbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery →2 incidents on file

Columbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery notified the NH AG of a breach discovered on Sept 22, 2023, where an unknown actor gained temporary network access. One NH resident was affected, with potential exposure of SSNs and PII. No EMR access occurred. CAPS notified the FBI and HHS, offered credit monitoring via IDX, and secured its network.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 140 days

Sep 22, 2023

Discovered

Dec 22, 2023

Scope determined

Feb 9, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_8a13ac81d52666962024-02-09Candidate
Indiana State AGbd_9cbecbfc25c4bddf2024-02-07 · +2dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_978433d489301b3c2024-02-12 · +3dVerified

Name: Columbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery
norm: columbus aesthetic and plastic surgery

Name: Columbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery
norm: columbus aesthetic and plastic surgery
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 22, 2023
Materiality determined: Dec 22, 2023
Notification sent: Feb 7, 2024
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Federal Bureau of InvestigationNotified Department of Health and Human Services

During the incident: Launched an investigation
Took steps to secure its network environment
Implementing enhanced security measures
Notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Notified Department of Health and Human Services
Offering affected individuals who had their social security numbers impacted complimentary credit monitoring and identity protection services through IDX
Changes made: Implementing enhanced security measures to help prevent a similar incident from occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(140 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Indiana State AGFeb 7 · first

Montana State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+2d · this page

Massachusetts State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Feb 7 (IN), last Feb 12 (MA) — a 5-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/columbus-aesthetic-plastic-surgery-20240209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2024
Raw hash: 2b0d2677a6dd3b1adc5c02f660441ac0ed1749c017bd036ed073deb90371bada

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityColumbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery

Victim entityColumbus Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery

Incidentdiscovered Sep 22, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov