NEW YORKHackingHealthcareHealthcareCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Apex Laboratory

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 31, 2020

To disclose

—

Affected

7,102

Confidence

69%

Full breach record for Apex Laboratory →

Apex Laboratory, Inc. reported to HHS on 2020-12-31 a Hacking/IT Incident affecting 7102 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server. The attack exposed PHI including names, DOB, test results, SSNs, and phone numbers. The entity implemented technical safeguards, revised policies, retrained staff, and notified HHS, individuals, and media. The entity is no longer in business.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Dec 31, 2020

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed7,102 affectedView incident

Name: Apex Laboratory
norm: apex laboratory
Domain: apexlab.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Apex Laboratory
norm: apex laboratory
Domain: apexlab.org
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 7,102nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Hacking / IT incident
Where the data lived: Network server
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified HHS

During the incident: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained its employees
Notified HHS
Notified affected individuals
Notified the media
Posted substitute notice on its website
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards
Revised its policies and procedures
Retrained its employees
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

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://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 31, 2020
Raw hash: 7a8834e16db2c716915ad14e22889a5fb21a6b5365f95831ca9df992ac4ed0e9

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Reporting entityApex Laboratory

Victim entityApex Laboratory

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImplemented additional technical safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing