MisuseFinancial ServicesHealthcareFinancePrivilege AbuseSpyros PanosCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)FinancialHighResolved

Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 3, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

1,294state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. →3 incidents on file

Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. notified the California AG that an individual, Spyros Panos, impersonated a licensed physician to conduct peer reviews for workers' compensation claims between 2013-2014 and 2016-2017. Approximately 1,294 California residents were affected. The unauthorized individual may have viewed names, SSNs, medical, and health insurance information. Access was removed, verification procedures enhanced, and 2 years of identity protection offered.

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Incident timeline

Sep 1, 2013

Begins

Aug 3, 2018

Filed

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

Massachusetts State AGbd_7b640b5bf0a695912018-08-10 · +7dVerified

Name: Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
norm: gallagher bassett
Domain: gallagherbassett.com
Industry: Insurance

Name: Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
norm: gallagher bassett
Domain: gallagherbassett.com
Industry: Insurance
Industry: Financial ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Sep 1, 2013 – Aug 31, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 3, 2018
Affected individuals: 1,294state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPHIHealth (basic)Financial
Data elements: Social Security numberMedical information
Attack vector: Insider· Spyros Panos
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Spyros PanosExternal
Regulator citations: Notified California Attorney GeneralNotified California Department of Insurance
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Removed the unauthorized individual’s access to any worker’s compensation files
Enhanced verification procedures for peer reviewers
Launched an investigation into the incident
Cooperating fully with law enforcement
Offering affected individuals identity protection services for two years
Changes made: Enhanced verification procedures for peer reviewers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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California State AGAug 3 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 3 (CA), last Aug 10 (MA) — 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.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-138559
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 3, 2018
Raw hash: 4f3548f8c87867549eb760ea8cf653b20072ce31c0b422cf212250d63a23f43c

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

Victim entityGallagher Bassett Services, Inc.

IncidentInsider

Stated responseRemoved the unauthorized individual’s access to any worker’s compensation files

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov