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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)MediumContained

ZEG – Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research GMBH

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 4, 2020

Filed

Nov 25, 2020

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for ZEG – Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research GMBH →2 incidents on file

ZEG – Berlin Center for Epidemiology and Health Research GMBH notified the California Attorney General of a data breach affecting participants in the NORA and INAS-SCORE health studies. Malicious code was discovered on servers on August 4, 2020, with intrusion active since early July 2020. Affected data may include names, SSNs, and medical/health information. The threat was contained, malicious code removed, and enhanced protections deployed. 24 months of identity protection were offered.

California clockDiscovered Aug 4, 2020 → Notified Nov 30, 2020118d ✗ CA 60-day late16 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days
discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 113 days

Jul 1, 2020

Begins

Aug 4, 2020

Discovered

Nov 25, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

+7 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
Massachusetts State AGNov 25 · first
California State AGNov 25 · 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.