On June 22, 2021, the California Attorney General reported a data breach involving Amgen Inc. The breach occurred between April 21, 2021, and May 14, 2021, when an unauthorized party accessed files related to Amgen through a compromised service account at ZS Associates. Approximately 1,000 individuals were affected, with compromised information including names, email addresses, and demographic details, but no Social Security numbers or financial information were involved.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-542098
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/amgen
"id": "amg552072825",
"linkid": "amgen",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1000,
'industry': 'Biotechnology',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Amgen Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised Service Account',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Email Addresses',
'Demographic Details'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Email Addresses',
'Demographic Details']},
'date_detected': '2021-05-14',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-06-22',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to files related to Amgen Inc. through a '
'compromised service account at ZS Associates.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Email Addresses',
'Demographic Details']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Compromised Service Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-06-22',
'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
'title': 'Data Breach at Amgen Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}