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Social EngineeringHealthcarePhishingCustomer Data InvolvedFinancial accountFinancial credentialsMediumResolved

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 25, 2021

Filed

Mar 18, 2022

To disclose

29 weeks

Affected · nationwide

1,8003 in this filing

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

Fortress Biotech, Inc. experienced an email phishing incident on August 25, 2021, which was also the date of discovery. The breach affected 3 Maine residents and a total of 1800 individuals. The compromised information included names in combination with financial account numbers or credit/debit card numbers along with their associated security codes, access codes, passwords, or PINs. Affected individuals were notified on March 18, 2022, and offered a 24-month subscription to Experian’s IdentityWorks for identity theft protection.

Maine clockDiscovered Aug 25, 2021Filed with AG Mar 18, 2022205d ME AG >90d29 weeks discovery → filing
occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 weeks / 205 days

Aug 25, 2021

Begins

Aug 25, 2021

Discovered

Mar 18, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

View merged incident ↗
Indiana State AGMar 18 · first
New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first
Montana State AGMar 18 · first
Maine State AGMar 18 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 18 (IN), last Mar 23 (MA) — a 5-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.