AccidentalHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareMisconfigurationCustomer Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Genetic / health-sensitiveMediumContained

Vitagene, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 1, 2019

Filed

Aug 6, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

14state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Vitagene, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Vitagene, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a data security incident discovered on July 1, 2019. A security misconfiguration exposed an archive database containing customer wellness reports (2015-2017) with names, emails, DOBs, health data, and partial genetic info. Approximately 14 NH residents affected. Vitagene engaged forensic experts and offers 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Jul 1, 2019

Discovered

Aug 6, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_2513aa203af5114e2019-08-06Candidate
Montana State AGbd_756e783c107906f72019-08-06Verified

Name: Vitagene, Inc.
norm: vitagene

Name: Vitagene, Inc.
norm: vitagene
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 1, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 6, 2019
Affected individuals: 14state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Genetic / health-sensitive
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General

During the incident: Sought the counsel of cybersecurity and data privacy experts
Performed a forensic investigation
Notifying the affected New Hampshire residents via letter
Providing twelve (12) months of complimentary identity monitoring services to the affected residents through IDExperts
Changes made: Taking additional measures to secure its systems from cyber security incidents occurring in the future
Implementation of additional internal procedures and safeguards to minimize the chance an incident like this could occur in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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California State AGAug 6 · first

Montana State AGAug 6 · first

New Hampshire State AGAug 6 · first · this page

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/vitagene-20190806.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 6, 2019
Raw hash: a87c15d62dc2fa31c85610735aed0215f14a028579ab9d7c3d40734cf4a095b5

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVitagene, Inc.

Victim entityVitagene, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jul 1, 2019

Stated responseSought the counsel of cybersecurity and data privacy experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov