Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported on September 27, 2024, that Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to an employee's email account between August 26 and August 27, 2024. Personal information potentially accessed included names, addresses, and financial account and routing numbers of affected individuals, though the exact number of individuals impacted is unknown.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-09-27-apellis-pharmaceuticals-data-breach-notice-consumers

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/apellis

"id": "ape319072625",
"linkid": "apellis",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Pharmaceuticals',
                        'name': 'Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'financial account and routing '
                                              'numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2024-08-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-09-27',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account at Apellis "
                'Pharmaceuticals, Inc., potentially exposing personal '
                'information including names, addresses, and financial account '
                'and routing numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'financial account and routing numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-09-27',
                 'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Apellis Pharmaceuticals Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}