AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliverySupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHIMediumContained

Suburban Lung Associates

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2015

Filed

Apr 13, 2015

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Suburban Lung Associates →

Suburban Lung Associates, S.C. notified the NH AG that on Feb 13, 2015, it learned a third-party vendor left medical records unsecured in a dumpster instead of destroying them. Records contained names, SSNs, DOBs, and PHI. 1 NH resident affected. SLA recovered docs, ended vendor contract, updated policies, and offered Kroll identity protection.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Feb 13, 2015

Discovered

Apr 13, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_748b7339842203962015-04-13Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_0c96968c45b3d3252015-04-21 · +8dVerified

Name: Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP
norm: wilson elser moskowitz edelman dicker
Domain: wilsonelser.com

Name: Suburban Lung Associates
norm: suburban lung associates
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 10, 2015
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)PHI
Data elements: Medical information
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph Foster

During the incident: Began an immediate investigation
Working with authorities
Recovered these documents and placed them in a secure location
Ending its contract with the vendor involved
Engaging with a different company to assist with secure storage and shredding of medical records
Reviewed and updated its internal policies
Offering potentially impacted individuals with identity protection services through Kroll
Changes made: Ending its contract with the vendor involved
Engaging with a different company to assist with secure storage and shredding of medical records
Reviewed and updated its internal policies to ensure patients’ personal information is appropriately protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 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 OCRApr 13 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 13 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+8d

Pattern: first filing Apr 13 (IL), last Apr 21 (MA) — a 8-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/suburban-lung-associates-20150413.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 13, 2015
Raw hash: 215ad71a28c268dc7cf45025d818c98cbec0305ede3c107444cb3270da88f2d6

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP

Victim entitySuburban Lung Associates

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2015

Stated responseBegan an immediate investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov