MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData EncryptedRansom DemandedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 24, 2020

Filed

Sep 4, 2020

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. →

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals notified NH AG of a ransomware incident affecting 5 NH residents. Data posted online July 21, 2020, linked to May 2, 2020 ransomware attack. SSNs and names exposed. No payment made. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 83 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

May 2, 2020

Begins

Jul 24, 2020

Discovered

Sep 4, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_db02337c0ddf020c2020-09-02 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_5654d1eb160e58902020-08-28 · +7dCandidate
Indiana State AGbd_812277cc90f491992020-08-28 · +7dVerified
California State AGbd_957593d2996495b82020-08-28 · +7dVerified

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New Hampshire State AGbd_e05f6f103c7421ea2020-08-28 · +7dVerified

Name: AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
norm: amphastar pharmaceuticals

Name: AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
norm: amphastar pharmaceuticals
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 24, 2020
Breach occurred: May 2, 2020 – Jul 21, 2020
Undetected for: 83 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 28, 2020
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Immediately conducted an investigation
Engaged a leading specialist routinely retained to assess and mitigate cybersecurity incidents
Removed the threat actor
Restored business continuity using backups
Offered two years of credit monitoring services through Experian
Changes made: Restored business continuity using backups
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGAug 28 · first

Indiana State AGAug 28 · first

California State AGAug 28 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 28 · first

Massachusetts State AG+5d

New Hampshire State AG+7d · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (MT), last Sep 4 (NH) — a 7-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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/amphastar-pharmaceuticals-20200904.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 4, 2020
Raw hash: f367fb07401bf7aff465696847bfd507e53688bef2f80f4ca419f90cff809bef

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Victim entityAMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 24, 2020

Stated responseImmediately conducted an investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov