HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)PIILowContained

Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.

bd_33114d6ef501acf4 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 2, 2023

Filed

Sep 15, 2023

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. →2 incidents on file

IBM notified Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. (Janssen) of unauthorized access to the Janssen CarePath database. Access was discovered on August 2, 2023. The scope of access is undetermined. Data potentially exposed includes names and other PII; SSNs and financial data were not in the database. IBM remediated the vulnerability and offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Vermont clock⏱ VT AG >14 bday6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Aug 2, 2023

Discovered

Sep 15, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Delaware State AGbd_a41f825c6f6f07d12023-09-22 · +7dCandidate

Name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
norm: international business machines
Domain: ibm.com

Name: Johnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.
norm: johnson and johnson health care
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 15, 2023
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)PII
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Filed notice with Vermont Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Promptly remediated the issue
Undertook an investigation to assess whether there had been unauthorized access
Identified and implemented steps that disabled the technical method at issue
Augmented security controls to reduce the chance of a similar event occurring in the future
Arranged for complimentary one-year credit monitoring service through Equifax Complete Premier
Changes made: Augmented security controls to reduce the chance of a similar event occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(44 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: VT AG >14 bday
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Vermont State AGSep 15 · first · this page

Delaware State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Sep 15 (VT), last Sep 22 (DE) — 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://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-09-15-johnson-johnson-health-care-systems-janssen-data-breach-notice-consumers
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 15, 2023
Raw hash: 650450fe6713dd1a26069e2dfe6145aae1f7ae13658839ceddc731478fb6cf53

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Victim entityJohnson and Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2023

Stated responsePromptly remediated the issue

ComplianceVT AG >14 bday

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceago.vermont.gov