HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Avanir Pharmaceuticals

bd_037c0091986c03bc · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 9, 2019

Filed

Dec 12, 2019

To disclose

18 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Avanir Pharmaceuticals →

Avanir Pharmaceuticals notified Montana AG of a data breach involving an independent third-party vendor providing patient assistance services. Unauthorized actors accessed a vendor email account containing personal information between April 17-30, 2019. Avanir became aware on August 9, 2019. Affected individuals were offered 2 years of Experian IdentityWorks.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 114 days

discovery → filing · 18 weeks / 125 days

Apr 17, 2019

Begins

Aug 9, 2019

Discovered

Dec 12, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2 affectedView incident

Name: Avanir Pharmaceuticals
norm: avanir pharmaceuticals

Name: Avanir Pharmaceuticals
norm: avanir pharmaceuticals
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 9, 2019
Breach occurred: Apr 17, 2019 – Apr 30, 2019
Undetected for: 114 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Vendor secured the compromised email account by changing the password
Vendor implemented multi-factor authentication for their email system
Vendor undertook a thorough investigation with a third-party forensic investigator
Vendor implemented additional controls and safeguards
Vendor trained and educated its employees regarding data security
Offering a complimentary two-year membership of Experian’s IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented multi-factor authentication for their email system
Implemented additional controls and safeguards to protect data
Trained and educated employees regarding data security
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 weeks(125 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-Notice-66.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2019
Raw hash: 08cc75f10ebc4053e579c1c022a411a9eadbb24a4680c40f150291cdbecddf3a

Reporting entityAvanir Pharmaceuticals

Victim entityAvanir Pharmaceuticals

Incidentdiscovered Aug 9, 2019

Stated responseVendor secured the compromised email account by changing the password

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov