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MalwareHealthcareHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedData EncryptedEmployee Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

bd_957593d2996495b8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 24, 2020

Filed

Aug 28, 2020

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for AMPHASTAR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. experienced a ransomware attack on May 2, 2020. On July 24, 2020, the company discovered that legacy employee data, including names and Social Security Numbers, had been posted on the internet without authorization. The incident affected employees and former employees. The company contained the attack, restored systems from backups, and offered 24 months of identity restoration services through Experian.

California clockDiscovered Jul 24, 2020Notified Aug 27, 202034d CA 60-day OK5 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 83 days
discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

May 2, 2020

Begins

Jul 24, 2020

Discovered

Aug 28, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 7d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Montana State AGAug 28 · first
Indiana State AGAug 28 · first
New Hampshire State AGAug 28 · first
California State AGAug 28 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Aug 28 (MT), last Sep 4 (NH) — a 7-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.