Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryPHIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Baylor Genetics

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Baylor Genetics →3 incidents on file

Baylor Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory, experienced a phishing attack where employees clicked malicious links, granting unauthorized access to email accounts between September 24 and November 14, 2019. The incident was discovered on July 16, 2020, after a forensic investigation revealed that patient PHI and PII were present in the compromised emails. No evidence of data exfiltration or misuse was found. The company disabled accounts, reset passwords, engaged forensic experts, and offered credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 296 days

discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 60 days

Sep 24, 2019

Begins

Jul 16, 2020

Discovered

Sep 14, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1bc9643272f69b612020-09-14Candidate
Montana State AGbd_f1b63a44d9e5abfe2020-09-14Verified by operator
Oregon State AGbd_f89ba0744b6f2c332020-09-14Verified

Name: Baylor Genetics
norm: baylor genetics

Name: Baylor Genetics
norm: baylor genetics
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2019 – Nov 14, 2019
Undetected for: 296 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Disabled the impacted email accounts
Required mandatory password resets
Commenced a thorough investigation
Worked very closely with external cybersecurity professionals
Implemented additional technical safeguards on our email system
Implemented additional training and education for our employees
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards on our email system to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents
Implemented additional training and education for our employees to increase awareness of the risks of malicious emails
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 weeks(60 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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Washington State AGSep 14 · first

Montana State AGSep 14 · first

Oregon State AGSep 14 · first

California State AGSep 14 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-194047
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 14, 2020
Raw hash: d97e8bb9c1d01af8aa596e1c6db40c42bfcbae9050a5b13c1fecb696a9fb4186

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBaylor Genetics

Victim entityBaylor Genetics

Incidentdiscovered Jul 16, 2020

Stated responseDisabled the impacted email accounts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov