HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Ron's Pharmacy Services

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Oct 3, 2017

Filed

Feb 2, 2018

To disclose

17 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Ron's Pharmacy Services →2 incidents on file

Ron's Pharmacy Services experienced unauthorized access to an employee email account on October 3, 2017, via password cracking. The incident exposed protected health information (PHI) including patient names, internal account numbers, prescription medication details, and payment adjustment information for long-term care patients. No SSN, health insurance, or financial account data was accessed. The company engaged forensic investigators, reset credentials, and is providing staff training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 17 weeks / 122 days

Oct 3, 2017

Begins

Oct 3, 2017

Discovered

Feb 2, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

Name: Ron's Pharmacy Services
norm: ron s pharmacy

Name: Ron's Pharmacy Services
norm: ron s pharmacy
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Oct 3, 2017
Breach occurred: Oct 3, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Changed the employee's credentials
Commenced an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic investigators
Providing additional staff training
Reviewing its policies and procedures
Providing notice to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Changes made: Providing additional staff training
Reviewing its policies and procedures to better protect against an event like this from happening in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 17 weeks(122 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-133503
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 2, 2018
Raw hash: 8fdcdbac5d6280cf4f1d77b910730b81dabf3277ac785332704863bbad5d8ebd

Reporting entityRon's Pharmacy Services

Victim entityRon's Pharmacy Services

Incidentdiscovered Oct 3, 2017

Stated responseChanged the employee's credentials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov