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AbbVie data breach

USUnited States · AbbVie Inc.

AbbVie (United States) notified the California Attorney General and the Washington Attorney General of a data breach on 21 May 2024. It told the states about 7,931 Washington residents; the total can be higher. The breach began on 21 February 2024, 90 days before it was reported.

Status
Confirmed breach
People affected
7,931 Washington residents (one state’s count; the total can be higher)
Reported
21 May 2024
Breach began
21 February 2024
Time to tell
90 days (the median in California’s notices over the last year: 154 days)

What was exposed

The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does.

Before the notice: the ransomware gang Cl0p named AbbVie on its leak site on 26 June 2023, 330 days before this was reported. Matched by the organisation’s name: the notice itself does not say who the attacker was.

What changed since it was first reported

  1. Confirmed breach, 7,931 Washington residents (Washington Attorney General)

Sources

Official notices are read by code from the regulator’s own register. More notices to California, Washington. · Corrections and changes

If AbbVie had your data

  1. Look for AbbVie Inc.’s own notice or letter: it should say what of yours was involved. Keep it.
  2. The register’s list does not say what was exposed; the notice it links to (under Sources) usually does. If AbbVie Inc. has a password of yours, change it now to be safe.
  3. Expect scams that use your details: calls, texts or emails pretending to be AbbVie Inc., your bank or the police. Never give codes or passwords, never approve a sign-in you did not start, never move money.

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