HackingHealthcareHealthcareStolen CredentialsSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)FinancialLowContained

Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

May 15, 2019

Filed

Jul 24, 2019

To disclose

10 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd. →2 incidents on file

Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd. notified patients of a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). On May 15, 2019, AMCA experienced unauthorized access to a database containing patient information. Western Pathology engaged cybersecurity experts and terminated its relationship with AMCA. Affected data included names, addresses, DOBs, and treatment details.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 10 weeks / 70 days

May 15, 2019

Discovered

Jul 24, 2019

Filed

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

Part of Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, Inc supply-chain incident (2019) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_a3e215f21fb528ac2019-07-25 · +1dVerified

Name: Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd.
norm: western pathology consultants
Domain: westernpathology.com

Name: Western Pathology Consultants, Ltd.
norm: western pathology consultants
Domain: westernpathology.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 15, 2019
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (basic)Financial
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain CompromiseT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Utilizing cyber security experts to assist in investigation
Stopped using AMCA for collection efforts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 weeks(70 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 AGJul 24 · first · this page

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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/Breach-NotificationDetails-57.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 24, 2019
Raw hash: cd87292b2c02ff84fce075f322f44e2429b7bde3c610152d9382f110ef5a3824

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWestern Pathology Consultants, Ltd.

Victim entityWestern Pathology Consultants, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered May 15, 2019

Stated responseUtilizing cyber security experts to assist in investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov