HackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedPHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Summit Pathology

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 18, 2024

Filed

Oct 18, 2024

To disclose

26 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Summit Pathology →

Summit Pathology disclosed a data breach on October 18, 2024, affecting individuals whose demographic and healthcare information was accessed by an unauthorized cybercriminal. The incident was discovered on April 18, 2024, when suspicious activity was identified. Affected data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical diagnoses, and financial information. Summit Pathology engaged third-party forensic specialists, notified law enforcement, and implemented additional security safeguards. Identity theft protection services are being offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Apr 18, 2024 → Notified Oct 18, 2024183d ✗ CA 60-day late26 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 26 weeks / 183 days

Apr 18, 2024

Discovered

Oct 18, 2024

Filed

vs. sector median

+15 wks slower

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Illinois State AGbd_302ff46c586f0c7c2024-10-01 · +17dVerified

Name: Summit Pathology
norm: summit pathology

Name: Summit Pathology
norm: summit pathology
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Apr 18, 2024
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Oct 18, 2024
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)Financial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birthMedical information
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified law enforcement

During the incident: Took steps to secure our network
Launched an investigation with the assistance of third-party forensic specialists
Notified law enforcement
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Worked with third-party subject matter specialists to further enhance the security of our systems
Providing access to identity theft protection services through IDX
Changes made: Reviewed existing policies and procedures
Implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards
Worked with third-party subject matter specialists to further enhance the security of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 weeks(183 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 183d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Apr 18, 2024
→ Notified: Oct 18, 2024
183d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Apr 18, 2024 → Notified: Oct 18, 2024	183d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Illinois State AGOct 1 · first

California State AG+17d · this page

Pattern: first filing Oct 1 (IL), last Oct 18 (CA) — a 17-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/sb24-593540
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 18, 2024
Raw hash: be3112a78328164855376df6d8e097bfd928e53f516af03f25e8b83fb8aec67c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySummit Pathology

Victim entitySummit Pathology

Incidentdiscovered Apr 18, 2024

Stated responseTook steps to secure our network

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov