MalwareProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesRansomwareData EncryptedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentialsLowResolved

American Pharmacists Association

bd_cd62283e3c37baea · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Apr 24, 2016

Filed

Dec 29, 2016

To disclose

36 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for American Pharmacists Association →3 incidents on file

American Pharmacists Association (APhA) notified members that a third-party vendor, Comnet Marketing Group, was affected by ransomware on April 23-24, 2016. Comnet's system stored APhA member PII including credit card data. Comnet alerted the FBI and conducted forensic investigations. No evidence of data acquisition was found, but credit monitoring was offered to members.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 36 weeks / 249 days

Apr 23, 2016

Begins

Apr 24, 2016

Discovered

Dec 29, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

+18 wks slower

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_5420a753b67284f32017-01-04 · +6dVerified

Name: American Pharmacists Association
norm: american pharmacists

Name: American Pharmacists Association
norm: american pharmacists
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Apr 24, 2016
Breach occurred: Apr 23, 2016 – Apr 24, 2016
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 29, 2016
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountFinancial credentials
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1489 Service Stop or Obstruction
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Comnet alerted the FBI

During the incident: Comnet conducted a forensic investigation
Comnet alerted the FBI
APhA conducted its own investigation
APhA provided credit monitoring services for affected APhA members through AllClear ID for a period of twelve months
APhA increased scrutiny of its vendors with respect to data security
APhA adopted an enhanced data security education and training plan
Changes made: Increased scrutiny of vendors with respect to data security
Adopted an enhanced data security education and training plan
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 36 weeks(249 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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Montana State AGDec 29 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+6d

Pattern: first filing Dec 29 (MT), last Jan 4 (MA) — a 6-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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/American-Pharmacists-Association.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 29, 2016
Raw hash: 0350366bf522b4927d4f1b0735c5adea15f4480f310667fa36eb3919ff126791

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityAmerican Pharmacists Association

Victim entityAmerican Pharmacists Association

Incidentdiscovered Apr 24, 2016

Stated responseComnet conducted a forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov