Social EngineeringTechnologyProfessional ServicesInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Multi-Stage ChainCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPIIIdentity (basic)LowContained

AMGEN INC.

bd_7ffaa3ea89dea9b8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 26, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

83%

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

On February 21, 2018, Willis Towers Watson (WTW), a vendor of Amgen Inc., suffered a phishing incident that led to unauthorized access to personal information. The data involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, and claim/injury descriptions of individuals involved in civil litigation and workers' compensation claims against Amgen. WTW engaged a cybersecurity firm to investigate, activated security protocols, and offered affected individuals complimentary TransUnion credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Feb 21, 2018

Begins

Jun 26, 2018

Filed

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

Name: AMGEN INC.
norm: amgen

Name: AMGEN INC.
norm: amgen
Industry: TechnologyllmProfessional Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Feb 21, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 PhishingT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Third party: via Willis Towers Watson
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: WTW took action to stop the attack
Working with a leading cybersecurity firm, undertook an assessment of the possible disclosure of personal information
WTW engaged a cybersecurity firm, investigated the incident, activated security protocols, and took steps to enhance account security
WTW is offering complimentary one-year membership of TransUnion Credit Monitoring to affected individuals
Changes made: Activated security protocols
Took steps to enhance account security
Arranged complimentary one-year credit monitoring service (myTrueIdentity) through TransUnion Interactive
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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/sb24-137458
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 26, 2018
Raw hash: 79b21f923cc739e0c721721a0529d48ca2c4c3fb2d7931210c92a7e2d29db551

Reporting entityAMGEN INC.

Victim entityAMGEN INC.

IncidentPhishing

Stated responseWTW took action to stop the attack

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov