Social EngineeringHealthcareTechnologyHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

Aptevo Therapeutics Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 13, 2019

Filed

Oct 16, 2019

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

66%

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Aptevo Therapeutics, Inc. notified Montana residents of a phishing incident discovered on September 13, 2019. An employee's credentials were compromised via a malicious link, allowing unauthorized access to systems containing names and Social Security numbers. Aptevo engaged forensic investigators, enhanced email security controls, and provided one year of LifeLock identity protection to affected individuals.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Sep 13, 2019

Discovered

Oct 16, 2019

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: Aptevo Therapeutics Inc.
norm: aptevo therapeutics

Name: Aptevo Therapeutics Inc.
norm: aptevo therapeutics
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Sep 13, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 13, 2019
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Initiating an internal investigation into this incident
Retaining an independent forensic investigation firm to assist us in our investigation of and response to this incident
Offering one (1) year complimentary identity theft protection through Norton LifeLock
Changes made: Continuing to review and enhance security measures and access controls for our email system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/General-Notice-11.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Oct 16, 2019
Raw hash: d3bf1829f4da59c9642b5241e9b1475f689c0db7217b9cefffc9f9528ef9e05f

Reporting entityAptevo Therapeutics Inc.

Victim entityAptevo Therapeutics Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Sep 13, 2019

Stated responseInitiating an internal investigation into this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov