Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)PHIPIIHealth (basic)MediumContained

Ardon Health

bd_05d2b8cae5965b51 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 27, 2024

Filed

Nov 22, 2024

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

6,527state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Ardon Health →2 incidents on file

Ardon Health, LLC reported a phishing incident where an unauthorized third party accessed an email account between Sept 9 and Oct 7, 2024. Discovered Sept 27, 2024. 6,527 Washington residents affected. Data included names and other PII. Ardon secured the account, engaged forensic experts, and notified law enforcement.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d8 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 · 18 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 9, 2024

Begins

Sep 27, 2024

Discovered

Nov 22, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Oregon State AGbd_771034f38caa42b42024-11-22Verified
Montana State AGbd_a3c7eae8035956a52024-11-22Verified
HHS OCRbd_c37014901ec0ec8c2024-11-22Verified

Name: Ardon Health
norm: ardon health
Domain: ardonhealth.com

Name: Ardon Health
norm: ardon health
Domain: ardonhealth.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Sep 27, 2024
Breach occurred: Sep 9, 2024 – Oct 7, 2024
Undetected for: 18 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,527state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified law enforcement
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Secured the email account
Began an internal investigation
Notified law enforcement
Engaged an outside third-party expert to assist us with our investigation and confirm the security of our systems
Changes made: Reviewing potential steps we can take to reduce the risk of this type of incident occurring in the future, including enhancing our technical security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 3 states

View merged incident ↗

Oregon State AGNov 22 · first

Montana State AGNov 22 · first

HHS OCRNov 22 · first

Washington State AGNov 22 · first · this page

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/BreachA31502.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Nov 22, 2024
Raw hash: e4d773c163690440a8f19411572331d79f7a6835693aad24e72e76d182e76fb4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityArdon Health

Victim entityArdon Health

Incidentdiscovered Sep 27, 2024

Stated responseSecured the email account

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com