MalwareHealthcareRetail & ConsumerHealthcareRansomwareData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MinorMediumContained

GenRx Pharmacy

bd_f34fb831b294b659 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Sep 28, 2020

Filed

Dec 18, 2020

To disclose

12 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for GenRx Pharmacy →

GenRx Pharmacy experienced a ransomware attack on September 27-28, 2020. The attacker deployed ransomware and exfiltrated a small number of files containing patient health information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, allergies, medication lists, and health plan information. Social security numbers and financial information were not involved. GenRx terminated access on September 28, 2020, and confirmed exfiltration on November 11, 2020. The company implemented MFA, upgraded firewalls, and installed intrusion detection software.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 12 weeks / 81 days

Sep 27, 2020

Begins

Sep 28, 2020

Discovered

Dec 18, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

HHS OCRbd_3af2e661de9bb1d02020-12-18Candidate
Illinois State AGbd_837de3e506adc7a52020-01-01 · +352dCandidate

Name: GenRx Pharmacy
norm: genrx pharmacy

Name: GenRx Pharmacy
norm: genrx pharmacy
Industry: HealthcarellmRetail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Sep 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2020 – Sep 28, 2020
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Minor
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Hired independent information security and technology experts to assist with incident response and forensic investigation
Terminated the cybercriminal’s access to GenRx systems
Upgraded firewall firmware
Added additional anti-virus and web-filtering software
Instituted multifactor authentication
Increased Wi-Fi network-traffic monitoring
Provided additional training to employees
Updated internal policies and procedures
Installed real-time intrusion detection and response software on all workstations and servers that access the company network
Changes made: Assessing further options to enhance protocols and controls, technology, and training, including strengthening encryption
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 12 weeks(81 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

HHS OCR+352d

California State AG+352d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Dec 18 (CA) — a 352-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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-197301
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 18, 2020
Raw hash: c8eb2a2794c24f65eb37965570d5f4ccb753e5e606ba875563f111e463dd384d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityGenRx Pharmacy

Victim entityGenRx Pharmacy

Incidentdiscovered Sep 28, 2020

Stated responseHired independent information security and technology experts to assist with incident response and forensic investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov