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

Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 15, 2019

Filed

Jul 24, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. →2 incidents on file

Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd. notified patients of a data security incident involving its vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). Unauthorized access occurred to AMCA's website payment page and database between August 1, 2018, and March 30, 2019. LMC was notified on May 15, 2019. Affected data may include names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, dates of service, balance information, and treatment provider information. LMC ceased using AMCA and engaged cybersecurity experts.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 287 days

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

Aug 1, 2018

Begins

May 15, 2019

Discovered

Jul 24, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 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 (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_1aa0406d480bd6572019-07-24Verified
Washington State AGbd_eacb6b6544ce72912019-07-24Verified
Oregon State AGbd_aab21214547d16dd2019-07-25 · +1dVerified
HHS OCRbd_da949aa867da07022019-07-25 · +1dVerified

Name: Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.
norm: laboratory medicine consultants

Name: Laboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.
norm: laboratory medicine consultants
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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGJul 24 · first

Washington State AGJul 24 · first

California State AGJul 24 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+1d

HHS OCR+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/sb24-149195
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2019
Raw hash: cdad2a31664ae1497a2f31a06a8ef9acd0b90f3d80495177b802e404786a6bf5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLaboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.

Victim entityLaboratory Medicine Consultants, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2019

Stated responseStopped using AMCA for collection efforts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov