HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Financial accountLowContained

BioReference Laboratories Inc.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jun 3, 2019

Filed

Jul 31, 2019

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for BioReference Laboratories Inc. →5 incidents on file

BioReference Laboratories notified NH AG of a third-party breach involving billing collection vendor AMCA. Unauthorized access occurred Aug 2018–Mar 2019. Patient PII, PHI, and financial data were exposed. Notices sent July 29, 2019. BioReference terminated relationship with AMCA.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 306 days

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Aug 1, 2018

Begins

Jun 3, 2019

Discovered

Jul 31, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 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

Massachusetts State AGbd_69fcf13ab30ca0f02019-07-30 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_b5b79a980ae3ddfc2019-07-30 · +1dVerified

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories

Name: BioReference Laboratories Inc.
norm: bioreference laboratories
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 3, 2019
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2018 – Mar 30, 2019
Undetected for: 306 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 29, 2019
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notification to the Attorney General is being provided in compliance NH Rev. State §359-C:20(2015)
Third party: via Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc. d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Ceased doing business with AMCA
Taking steps to retrieve and secure all BioReference information contained in AMCA's systems
Mailed letters to affected New Hampshire residents
Changes made: Ceased doing business with AMCA
Taking steps to retrieve and secure all BioReference information contained in AMCA's systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 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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Massachusetts State AGJul 30 · first

HHS OCRJul 30 · first

New Hampshire 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/bioreference-labratories-20190731.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 31, 2019
Raw hash: 2ad0277ac591cb6d0bc407de36c29a57b0155063c28af9b0300c97e599a3a2cf

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

Victim entityBioReference Laboratories Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 3, 2019

Stated responseCeased doing business with AMCA

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov