Social EngineeringHealthcareTechnologyHealthcarePhishingStolen CredentialsTargetedPHIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Baylor Genetics

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

Sep 14, 2020

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

202state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Baylor Genetics →3 incidents on file

Baylor Genetics, a genetic testing laboratory, notified Montana of a phishing incident where employees clicked a malicious link, leading to unauthorized access to email accounts containing PHI. Access occurred between Sept 24 and Nov 14, 2019; discovered July 16, 2020. No evidence of data misuse. Offered 1-year identity 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

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_1bc9643272f69b612020-09-14Candidate
California State AGbd_efb256975659a25c2020-09-14Verified
Oregon State AGbd_f89ba0744b6f2c332020-09-14Verified

Name: Baylor Genetics
norm: baylor genetics

Name: Baylor Genetics
norm: baylor genetics
Industry: HealthcarellmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jul 16, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2019 – Nov 14, 2019
Undetected for: 296 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 202state-resident count only
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
Offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian’s® IdentityWorksSM
Changes made: Implemented additional technical safeguards on our email system
Implemented additional training and education for our employees
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

California State AGSep 14 · first

Oregon State AGSep 14 · first

Montana 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/Breach-NotificationDetails-210.pdf
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: 296fd364560900e36110083a988f0ab2cb37a5088f0b5834a38016a36c66bb34

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 provenancedojmt.gov