DisclosureLens
HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)FinancialLowContained

American Esoteric Laboratories

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 15, 2019

Filed

Jul 15, 2019

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

10state residents only

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for American Esoteric Laboratories →3 incidents on file

American Esoteric Laboratories (AEL) notified patients that its vendor, Retrieval Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), experienced a data security incident on May 15, 2019. The incident involved unauthorized access to an AMCA database containing patient information belonging to AEL. AEL engaged cybersecurity experts and ceased using AMCA for collections.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 61 days

May 15, 2019

Discovered

Jul 15, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10 affectedView incident

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.