Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedPIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

Forefront Dermatology, Sc

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 28, 2024

Filed

Jul 16, 2024

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Forefront Dermatology, Sc →5 incidents on file

Forefront Dermatology, S.C. (d/b/a Premier Dermatology) notified Montana residents of a data incident where an employee's email account was compromised between Feb 26-28, 2024. The attacker likely used stolen credentials to send phishing emails. The company engaged forensic investigators and secured the account. PII and health information may have been exposed.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 2 days

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 139 days

Feb 26, 2024

Begins

Feb 28, 2024

Discovered

Jul 16, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Forefront Dermatology, Sc
norm: forefront dermatology sc

Name: Forefront Dermatology, Sc
norm: forefront dermatology sc
Also named: Forefront Dermatology, S.C.dba oflegal entity
Premier Dermatologydba oftrade name
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Feb 28, 2024
Breach occurred: Feb 26, 2024 – Feb 28, 2024
Undetected for: 2 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Immediately took steps to secure the email account
Launch an investigation with the assistance of a third-party forensic investigation firm
Conducted a review of the contents of the account
Changes made: Implemented, and will continue to adopt, additional safeguards and technical security measures to further protect and monitor our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(139 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Consumer-notification-letter-1550.pdf
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: 36495afbcf1ef6af6b9c8114323ea384778fcb17e1bcc5a21f82565aa191f982

Reporting entityForefront Dermatology, Sc

Victim entityForefront Dermatology, Sc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 28, 2024

Stated responseImmediately took steps to secure the email account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov