HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Akorn, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 1, 2015

Filed

Jun 4, 2015

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Akorn, Inc. →

Akorn, Inc. notified NH AG that four email accounts were compromised starting approx. two months prior to June 4, 2015. Hackers may have obtained names and SSNs of employees and associates. One NH resident affected. Akorn engaged forensic investigators, changed passwords, and offered 12 months of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 61 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Mar 1, 2015

Begins

May 1, 2015

Discovered

Jun 4, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_19a607a401729e792015-06-05 · +1dVerified

Name: Akorn, Inc.
norm: akorn

Name: Akorn, Inc.
norm: akorn
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 1, 2015
Breach occurred: Mar 1, 2015 – Apr 20, 2015
Undetected for: 61 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 4, 2015
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Department of Justice
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Engaged Kirkland & Ellis to investigate the incident
Engaged a leading computer forensics firm to conduct a thorough investigation
Working with law enforcement to investigate this crime
Changed all relevant passwords by April 20
Sent written notice to impacted individuals via first-class mail
Offering Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert fraud protection and credit monitoring services for 12 months
Changes made: Enhanced its security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 4 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/akorn-20150604.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 4, 2015
Raw hash: 9f99df491c28d132cef367d0c5e834cc9f75a1be7a2f6507f9fc8a52b1b6a315

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAkorn, Inc.

Victim entityAkorn, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 1, 2015

Stated responseEngaged Kirkland & Ellis to investigate the incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov