Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIMediumContained

CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 15, 2022

Filed

Dec 28, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,936state residents only

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories →3 incidents on file

CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories reported a business email compromise in Washington. Unauthorized access to an employee's email occurred Nov 7-15, 2022, discovered Nov 15. Impacted data included names, DOBs, and health info for 1,936 WA residents. Response included blocking access and engaging forensic experts. Credit monitoring offered.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 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 · 8 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 43 days

Nov 7, 2022

Begins

Nov 15, 2022

Discovered

Dec 28, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,936 affectedView incident

Name: CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories
norm: cellnetix pathology and laboratories

Name: CellNetix Pathology and Laboratories
norm: cellnetix pathology and laboratories
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Nov 15, 2022
Breach occurred: Nov 7, 2022 – Nov 15, 2022
Undetected for: 8 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 28, 2022
Affected individuals: 1,936state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Data elements: NameDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Immediately blocked the unauthorized party’s access to the impacted business email account
Engaged third-party cybersecurity experts to assist in investigation and remediation
Conducted an investigation
Engaged appropriate experts to assist in a review of our security practices and systems
Changes made: Ensured that enhanced security protocols are in place going forward
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(43 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
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.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA17136.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 28, 2022
Raw hash: 271989aae88e2f41e1bfc64017b3dd8a91b1367c0ba6948fcc74ab2597e2698f

Reporting entityCellNetix Pathology and Laboratories

Victim entityCellNetix Pathology and Laboratories

Incidentdiscovered Nov 15, 2022

Stated responseImmediately blocked the unauthorized party’s access to the impacted business email account

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com