MalwareHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedCustomer Data InvolvedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHIMediumContained

Nexelis Group

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 8, 2020

Filed

Apr 8, 2021

To disclose

22 weeks

Affected

957state residents only

Confidence

68%

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Nexelis Group reported a ransomware incident affecting data from its acquired subsidiary, Pacific Biomarkers. Unauthorized access occurred from September 26 to November 9, 2020. Nexelis discovered the incident on November 8, 2020. The breach compromised personal information of 957 Washington residents, including SSNs, driver's licenses, medical info, and payment card data. Nexelis engaged forensic investigators, notified the FBI and RCMP, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Washington clock✗ WA AG >90d22 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

undetected · 43 days

discovery → filing · 22 weeks / 151 days

Sep 26, 2020

Begins

Nov 8, 2020

Discovered

Apr 8, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+9 wks slower

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed957 affectedView incident

Name: Nexelis Group
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Name: Nexelis Group
norm: nexelis group
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Nov 8, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 26, 2020 – Nov 9, 2020
Undetected for: 43 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 8, 2021
Affected individuals: 957state-resident count only
Data types: AuthenticationCredentialsFinancial accountHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDPHI
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberFinancial account numberDate of birthUnique private keyPassport numberHealth insurance IDMedical informationUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney GeneralReported the incident to the Federal Bureau of InvestigationReported the incident to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

During the incident: Took immediate steps to secure its systems
Launched an internal investigation
Retained Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP to provide legal counsel
Engaged an independent digital forensics firm to conduct an investigation
Retained a third-party vendor to complete a thorough review of the impacted information
Reported the incident to the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Offered complimentary identity monitoring services for a period of twelve (12) months
Changes made: Implemented measures to enhance the security of its environment
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 22 weeks(151 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >90d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM10443.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 8, 2021
Raw hash: 854c3d0143aa464b1359d999b2152ee937d0c03af25db50c0a9afa5b078dca84

Reporting entityNexelis Group

Victim entityNexelis Group

Incidentdiscovered Nov 8, 2020

Stated responseTook immediate steps to secure its systems

ComplianceWA AG >90d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com