HackingHealthcareHealthcareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedPHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountLowActive

Bako Diagnostics

bd_0836614151f066cb · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 28, 2021

Filed

Feb 25, 2022

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Bako Diagnostics →

Bako Diagnostics discovered unauthorized access to its computer network on December 28, 2021. An unauthorized third party accessed systems and removed data between December 21 and 28, 2021. Affected data included personal identifiers, health insurance information, medical records, and billing information. Social Security numbers were not involved for all individuals. The company engaged forensic investigators, contacted law enforcement, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 28, 2021 → Notified Feb 25, 202259d ✓ CA 60-day OK8 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 59 days

Dec 21, 2021

Begins

Dec 28, 2021

Discovered

Feb 25, 2022

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_0d572d7aea09cf422022-02-25Verified
Montana State AGbd_21793e71e567d1132022-02-25Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_278a4b7bfd3bead02022-02-25Verified
Illinois State AGbd_f02a1d699a3e5a162022-01-01 · +55dCandidate

Name: Bako Diagnostics
norm: bako diagnostics
Domain: bakodx.com

Name: Bako Diagnostics
norm: bako diagnostics
Domain: bakodx.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 28, 2021
Breach occurred: Dec 21, 2021 – Dec 28, 2021
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 25, 2022
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Took steps to prevent any further unauthorized activity
Engaged a national forensic firm to investigate the incident and assist with remediation efforts
Contacted law enforcement
Offered credit monitoring services for a period of 12 months, at no cost to you, through Kroll
Changes made: Enhanced security and monitoring capabilities
Hardened systems as appropriate to minimize the risk of any similar incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(59 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 59d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 28, 2021
→ Notified: Feb 25, 2022
59d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 28, 2021 → Notified: Feb 25, 2022	59d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+55d

Montana State AG+55d

Massachusetts State AG+55d

California State AG+55d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 25 (CA) — a 55-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-551229
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 25, 2022
Raw hash: 384a2945a1a969011e09914493b4678bbc1a59838141ab71172bf67ec9cd5ee5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBako Diagnostics

Victim entityBako Diagnostics

Incidentdiscovered Dec 28, 2021

Stated responseTook steps to prevent any further unauthorized activity

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov