Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedPHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)HighContained

Ambry Genetics Corporation

bd_200a26679500fc3a · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 22, 2020

Filed

Apr 17, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

2,152state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Ambry Genetics Corporation →2 incidents on file

Ambry Genetics Corporation reported a phishing attack on January 22, 2020, resulting in unauthorized access to a business email account between Jan 22-24, 2020. The incident impacted 2,152 Washington residents, exposing health-related information, SSNs, and other personal data. Ambry engaged outside experts, enhanced authentication, and offered 12 months of identity protection services.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d12 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 86 days

Jan 22, 2020

Begins

Jan 22, 2020

Discovered

Apr 17, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

This filing is one of 7 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Indiana State AGbd_29779e1fe8d8f1462020-04-17Verified
Montana State AGbd_9b89c7cf75b9ca052020-04-17Verified
California State AGbd_b498767107b2222b2020-04-17Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_c62f74f238d503202020-04-17Verified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 107d gap

New Hampshire State AGbd_7c208ee88f369ee72020-04-20 · +3dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_de25b7823083c9f72020-01-01 · +107dCandidate

Name: Ambry Genetics Corporation
norm: ambry genetics
Domain: ambrygen.com
Industry: Health

Name: Ambry Genetics Corporation
norm: ambry genetics
Domain: ambrygen.com
Industry: Health
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jan 22, 2020
Breach occurred: Jan 22, 2020 – Jan 24, 2020
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 17, 2020
Affected individuals: 2,152state-resident count only
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Government IDIdentity (basic)
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberMedical information
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Department of Health and Human Services
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiated an investigation, with the assistance of outside experts
Took action to block further unauthorized access
Implemented enhanced authentication requirements
Reviewed all emails in the affected user's email account
Notified potentially impacted individuals in Washington state
Offered 12 months of identity protection services free of charge
Notified primary federal regulator, the Department of Health and Human Services
Changes made: Upgraded anti-virus software
Implemented 'red banner' warnings for external emails
Providing additional training to employees on privacy and data security, including guidance on how to protect against phishing attempts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(86 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 7 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Indiana State AG+107d

Montana State AG+107d

California State AG+107d

Massachusetts State AG+107d

Washington State AG+107d · this page

New Hampshire State AG+110d

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Apr 20 (NH) — a 110-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10544.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 17, 2020
Raw hash: 1fbef6e3c21eacd5eb136ae274d7b4cfad9d723141581707d9331f78edaa40ed

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmbry Genetics Corporation

Victim entityAmbry Genetics Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Jan 22, 2020

Stated responseInitiated an investigation, with the assistance of outside experts

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com