HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowContained

AMGEN INC.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 27, 2021

Filed

Jun 22, 2021

To disclose

26 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for AMGEN INC. →8 incidents on file

Amgen Inc. disclosed a data breach involving its service provider, ZS Associates. An unauthorized party compromised a ZS service account and accessed files related to Amgen patients between April 21, 2021, and May 14, 2021. Amgen was notified on May 27, 2021. Affected data included names, email addresses, city, state, zip code, age, gender, insurance type, and marketing material preferences. No SSNs or financial data were involved. Amgen retained forensic investigators and is offering credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 36 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Apr 21, 2021

Begins

May 27, 2021

Discovered

Jun 22, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_99d140b2d6305a612021-06-22Verified

Name: AMGEN INC.
norm: amgen
Domain: amgen.com

Name: AMGEN INC.
norm: amgen
Domain: amgen.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 27, 2021
Breach occurred: Apr 21, 2021 – May 14, 2021
Undetected for: 36 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Providing the legally required notification of this incident to the applicable State Attorneys General
Third party: via ZS Associates
Initial access: trusted_relationship

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident
Retained a third-party forensic firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Working with ZS to evaluate their policies and additional measures and safeguards
Providing legally required notification of this incident to the applicable State Attorneys General
Providing complimentary credit and identity monitoring services
Changes made: Working with ZS to evaluate their policies and additional measures and safeguards to protect against this type of incident in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Oregon State AGJun 22 · first

California State AGJun 22 · first · this page

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/sb24-542098
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 22, 2021
Raw hash: 347758022f57da8dd6bca26569647e2089be8be93bf9c0e79cd59da075d730bd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAMGEN INC.

Victim entityAMGEN INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 27, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to better understand the nature and scope of the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov