AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

bd_09adab384bda1268 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 19, 2019

Filed

Feb 6, 2019

To disclose

18 days

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for ABBOTT LABORATORIES →3 incidents on file

Abbott Laboratories notified affected individuals of a data breach involving the loss of a portable drive containing employee personal information (SSN, DOB, stock data). The drive was provided to a third-party auditor on Jan 9, 2019, and reported misplaced on Jan 19, 2019. Abbott offered 24 months of identity protection.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jan 9, 2019

Begins

Jan 19, 2019

Discovered

Feb 6, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_40c8535529672bd52019-02-05 · +1dVerified
California State AGbd_4a8d276eef928ef62019-02-05 · +1dVerified
Massachusetts State AGbd_6914ee3dc136d1dd2019-02-05 · +1dVerified

Name: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
norm: abbott laboratories
Domain: abbott.com

Name: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
norm: abbott laboratories
Domain: abbott.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 19, 2019
Breach occurred: Jan 9, 2019 – Jan 19, 2019
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 6, 2019
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Partner

During the incident: Abbott and its third-party auditor have launched investigations to locate the drive
Abbott is reassessing its own internal controls and the controls of its third-party auditor
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 24 months at no cost to you
Changes made: Reassessing its own internal controls and the controls of its third-party auditor
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGFeb 5 · first

California State AGFeb 5 · first

Massachusetts State AGFeb 5 · first

Montana State AG+1d · 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Abbott-Laboratories.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 6, 2019
Raw hash: 057c8e13ee6d9f000d41dd76e8713fad6fe73f91759c7e0fdafa20cb86894b30

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityABBOTT LABORATORIES

Victim entityABBOTT LABORATORIES

Incidentdiscovered Jan 19, 2019

Stated responseAbbott and its third-party auditor have launched investigations to locate the drive

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov