HackingHealthcareTechnologyHealthcareVulnerability ExploitStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedMulti-Stage ChainHealth (basic)Identity (basic)PHIPIIMediumContained

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.

bd_cffc699c0fbba4f6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Aug 2, 2023

Filed

Sep 5, 2023

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

53,970state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. →

Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. (Janssen) notified Washington AG of unauthorized access to a third-party database managed by IBM supporting the Janssen CarePath patient platform. Discovered Aug 2, 2023, the breach affected ~53,970 WA residents. Data included names, contact info, DOB, health insurance, and medication data. No SSNs or financial accounts were involved. IBM remediated the vulnerability and offered credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 34 days

Aug 2, 2023

Discovered

Sep 5, 2023

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

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

Oregon State AGbd_651b9726a01941b22023-09-15 · +10dVerified by operator

Name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
norm: international business machines
Domain: ibm.com

Name: Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.
norm: johnson johnson health care
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 5, 2023
Affected individuals: 53,970state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)PII
Data elements: NameDate of birthHealth insurance IDMedical information
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson
Third party: via IBM
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: IBM promptly remediated the issue
IBM undertook an investigation to assess whether there had been unauthorized access
IBM and the database provider promptly identified and implemented steps that disabled the technical method at issue
IBM worked with the database provider to augment security controls
Offering one year of complimentary credit monitoring services
Changes made: Disabled the technical method at issue
Augmented security controls to reduce the chance of a similar event occurring in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(34 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Washington State AGSep 5 · first · this page

Oregon State AG+10d

Pattern: first filing Sep 5 (WA), last Sep 15 (OR) — a 10-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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA26424.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 5, 2023
Raw hash: 6f14a0f9f6536978b81c3975cc3f771fe824d060bc1cdef5f2ed318e375ab903

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

Victim entityJohnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2023

Stated responseIBM promptly remediated the issue

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com