HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPIIFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMedium

Dental & Health Management Solutions

bd_f421576f2e6a8381 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 20, 2021

Filed

Mar 2, 2023

To disclose

19 months

Affected · nationwide

3,2051 in this filing

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

63%

Full breach record for Dental & Health Management Solutions →

Dental & Health Management Solutions experienced an external system breach on July 17, 2021, which was discovered on August 20, 2021. The breach affected 3,205 individuals, compromising their names and financial account or credit/debit card numbers along with security codes or PINs. The company began notifying affected individuals on February 17, 2023, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Identity Force.

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Maine clockDiscovered Aug 20, 2021 → Filed with AG Mar 2, 2023559d ✗ ME AG >90d19 months 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 · 34 days

discovery → filing · 19 months / 559 days

Jul 17, 2021

Begins

Aug 20, 2021

Discovered

Mar 2, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

+67 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_de5d9ed6504d42c92023-02-24 · +6dVerified
Montana State AGbd_9a67ab33d520069a2023-02-22 · +8dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_66def8afddb49d3b2023-02-17 · +13dVerified

Name: Dental & Health Management Solutions
norm: dental health management

Name: Dental & Health Management Solutions
norm: dental health management
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Aug 20, 2021
Breach occurred: Jul 17, 2021
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 17, 2023
Affected individuals: 3,205state + nationwide
Data types: PIIFinancial accountFinancial credentials
Data elements: Financial account number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Identity Force (a TransUnion company), including credit monitoring, reports, scores, and proactive fraud assistance.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 months(559 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: ME AG >90d · 559dME resident >180d · 546d
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: Aug 20, 2021
→ Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2023
559d 90 days ME AG >90d
Maine
Discovered: Aug 20, 2021
→ Notified: Feb 17, 2023
546d 180 days ME resident >180d

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
Maine	Discovered: Aug 20, 2021 → Filed with AG: Mar 2, 2023	559d	90 days	ME AG >90d
Maine	Discovered: Aug 20, 2021 → Notified: Feb 17, 2023	546d	180 days	ME resident >180d

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗

Indiana State AGFeb 17 · first

Montana State AG+5d

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Maine State AG+13d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 17 (IN), last Mar 2 (ME) — a 13-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/ddff78de-02fa-47ce-b406-9f81690e205b.shtml
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 2, 2023
Raw hash: e312dbc03836c13d329d91b694140b8266f6e1a1ef92f106dd3f63b1c090453c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDental & Health Management Solutions

Victim entityDental & Health Management Solutions

Incidentdiscovered Aug 20, 2021

Stated responseOffered 12 months of identity theft protection services through Identity Force (a TransUnion company), including credit monitoring, reports, scores, and proactive fraud assistance.

ComplianceME AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancewww.maine.gov