| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
March 2020 Data Breach
In the midst of theCOVID-19 situation in March 2020, 10x Genomics, Inc. (the “Company”) faced an attempted ransomware attack which also involved the theft of certain Company data (the “March 2020 Data Breach”). The Company isolated the source of the attack and restored normal operations with no materialday-to-day impact to the Company or the Company’s ability to access its data. The Company’s investigation of the attack is ongoing with assistance from outside experts and the Company is also working with law enforcement officials on their ongoing criminal investigation of this matter.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this Current Report onForm 8-K that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), which are subject to the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements concerning the Company’s plans, objectives, goals and beliefs, including the Company’s belief that its operations have not been compromised by the March 2020 Data Breach and the nature of the information that may have been removed from its systems. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue” or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with the Company’s business and financial condition in general, including the risks and uncertainties described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report onForm 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 27, 2020, as such risk factors may be updated from time to time in the Company’s periodic filings with the SEC. Such Annual Report and the Company’s other periodic filings are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report.
Information Furnished Pursuant to Item 7.01
The information furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 in thisCurrent Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
