HackingHealthcareHealthcareVulnerability ExploitSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)LowContained

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 15, 2019

Filed

Jul 15, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc. (CPL) notified patients of a data security incident involving its vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). The incident involved unauthorized access to an AMCA database and the payment page on AMCA's website, affecting CPL patient data. The breach window was August 1, 2018, to March 30, 2019. CPL was notified on May 15, 2019. Affected data included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, dates of service, balance information, and treatment provider information. CPL ceased using AMCA for collections and engaged cybersecurity experts.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 287 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

Aug 1, 2018

Begins

May 15, 2019

Discovered

Jul 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_55b19cd4e3c64ad42019-07-15Verified
Oregon State AGbd_4faba27a85ee90a62019-07-16 · +1dVerified

Name: Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
norm: clinical pathology laboratories

Name: Clinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.
norm: clinical pathology laboratories
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 15, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2018 – Mar 30, 2019
Undetected for: 287 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountHealth (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Third party: via Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Stopped using AMCA for collection efforts
Utilizing cyber security experts to assist in investigation
Notified affected individuals
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(61 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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HHS OCRJul 15 · first

California State AGJul 15 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-148940
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 15, 2019
Raw hash: 33c08e66839aa7a61ada662364e816f5065614f25d6b515cc290849b443b8de4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityClinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.

Victim entityClinical Pathology Laboratories, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2019

Stated responseStopped using AMCA for collection efforts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov