DisclosureLens
HackingHealthcareManufacturingHealthcareSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)EmploymentPHILowContained

ABBOTT LABORATORIES

bd_75da7e862eec0b94 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 29, 2015

Filed

Apr 17, 2015

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for ABBOTT LABORATORIES →3 incidents on file

Abbott Laboratories notified participants of its Health Care Plan that their personal information was potentially exposed due to a cyber-attack on Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, a third-party vendor processing claims in 13 states. The attack occurred starting December 1, 2014, and was discovered by Anthem on January 29, 2015. Affected data includes names, dates of birth, member IDs, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and employment information. No medical records or financial data were confirmed compromised. Abbott is offering 24 months of free credit monitoring.

California clockDiscovered Jan 29, 2015 → Notified Mar 13, 201543d ✓ CA 60-day OK11 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 59 days
discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Dec 1, 2014

Begins

Jan 29, 2015

Discovered

Apr 17, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

on median

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

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.