HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalContained

Aspire Rural Health System

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jul 18, 2025

Filed

Aug 21, 2025

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected · nationwide

138,3864 in this filing

Linked

10 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Aspire Rural Health System →2 incidents on file

Aspire Rural Health System reported an external system breach (hacking) occurring between November 4, 2024, and January 6, 2025. The incident was discovered on July 18, 2025, affecting 138,386 individuals, including 4 Maine residents. Compromised data included names and government identifiers. The company engaged cybersecurity professionals and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Leak gap clock✗ Leak >180d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 256 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Nov 4, 2024

Begins

Jul 18, 2025

Discovered

Aug 21, 2025

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 10 about the same incident.View merged incident

A leak claim by bianlian about this victim predates this filing by 227 days.View originating leak claim

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Ransomware claims (2)

Leak Sitebianlianbd_9f371d439a18287e2025-02-13 · +188dVerified by operator
Leak Sitebianlianbd_3f3ca4b9593482dd2025-01-06 · +227dVerified by operator

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_f207f1048a96a30c2025-08-21Verified by operator
Texas State AGbd_2f1330d50f85d7532025-08-22 · +1dVerified by operator
Indiana State AGbd_564811f065d22d832025-08-20 · +1dVerified by operator
HHS OCRbd_84cabab9d554b97c2025-08-20 · +1dVerified by operator

Show 3 more filings ↓up to 4d gap

Nebraska State AGbd_8e17f1db35d4846c2025-08-20 · +1dVerified
Vermont State AGbd_b55b7c1a2e8908402025-08-20 · +1dVerified by operator
New Hampshire State AGbd_1d598752613e92d02025-08-25 · +4dVerified by operator

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins
Industry: Legal Services

Name: Aspire Rural Health System
norm: aspire rural health system
Domain: aspirerhs.org
Industry: Healthcare
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 18, 2025
Breach occurred: Nov 4, 2024 – Jan 6, 2025
Undetected for: 256 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 20, 2025
Affected individuals: 138,386state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Filed notification with Maine Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged leading outside cybersecurity professionals to secure the environment and to identify the scope of what personal information, if any, was involved
Offered 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring through Experian IdentityWorks
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: Leak >180dME AG >30d · 34d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
Maine
Discovered: Jul 18, 2025
→ Filed with AG: Aug 21, 2025
34d 30 days (soft) ME AG >30d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Jul 18, 2025 → Filed with AG: Aug 21, 2025	34d	30 days (soft)	ME AG >30d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 8 filings · 8 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGAug 20 · first

HHS OCRAug 20 · first

Nebraska State AGAug 20 · first

Vermont State AGAug 20 · first

Massachusetts State AG+1d

Maine State AG+1d · this page

Texas State AG+2d

New Hampshire State AG+5d

Pattern: first filing Aug 20 (IN), last Aug 25 (NH) — 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://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e1ef4717-50eb-4b3c-9a87-76ba7d955551.html
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2025
Raw hash: 78401cb428a7a131b74f74c2ccea44fdb99555d3e019062dbf987a3a40cc5227

Linked disclosures

Ransomware claims (2)

Regulatory filings (7) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityAspire Rural Health System

Incidentdiscovered Jul 18, 2025

Stated responseEngaged leading outside cybersecurity professionals to secure the environment and to identify the scope of what personal information, if any, was involved

ComplianceLeak >180d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov