Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHILowContained

Baylor Genetics

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

804state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

71%

Full breach record for Baylor Genetics →3 incidents on file

Baylor Genetics notified Washington AG of a phishing incident affecting 804 residents. Unauthorized access to email accounts occurred between Sept 24 and Nov 14, 2019. Discovery was July 16, 2020. Data included names, DOBs, test info, and financial account numbers. Remediation included email safeguards and employee training.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d9 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 296 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Sep 24, 2019

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_efb256975659a25c2020-09-14Verified
Montana State AGbd_f1b63a44d9e5abfe2020-09-14Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f89ba0744b6f2c332020-09-14Verified

Name: MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC
norm: mcdonald hopkins

Name: Baylor Genetics
norm: baylor genetics
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2019 – Nov 14, 2019
Undetected for: 296 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 14, 2020
Affected individuals: 804state-resident count only
Data types: Financial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHI
Data elements: NameFinancial account numberDate of birthMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 200-299dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Provided notice pursuant to the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the impacted email accounts
Required mandatory password resets
Commenced a thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Conducted an extensive and time consuming forensic investigation
Conducted a comprehensive manual document review
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards on our email system
Implemented additional training and education for its employees to increase awareness of the risks of malicious emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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California State AGSep 14 · first

Montana State AGSep 14 · first

Oregon State AGSep 14 · first

Washington State AGSep 14 · first · 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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10192.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: 9828c1e7d54382e96cf73eba85a28c2a7ff6444beb19ba84d3745b81521b1d32

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMCDONALD HOPKINS LLC

Victim entityBaylor Genetics

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseDisabled the impacted email accounts

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com