HackingTechnologyGovernmentInformationStolen CredentialsBackdoorTargetedData ExfiltratedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 28, 2008

Filed

Dec 9, 2008

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION →2 incidents on file

SAIC notified New Hampshire Attorney General of a security incident involving one NH resident. Malicious software providing backdoor access was discovered on Oct 28, 2008. Personal info (name, SSN, DOB, address, clearance level) was potentially accessed. No indication of actual access found, but precautionary notice sent Dec 8, 2008. FBI and DSIE notified.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Oct 28, 2008

Discovered

Dec 9, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Name: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
norm: science applications
Domain: saic.com

Name: SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
norm: science applications
Domain: saic.com
Industry: TechnologyllmGovernmentllm

Discovered: Oct 28, 2008
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 8, 2008
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Federal Bureau of Investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Communicated with Defense Security Information Exchange
Communicated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sought evidence regarding whether the malicious software was used to access personal information
Implementing Trusted Desktop, which removes elevated privileges from users
Changes made: Implementing Trusted Desktop, which removes elevated privileges from users
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/saic-20081209.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2008
Raw hash: 52a59a6c0828d3175710c0e30ebba3722a884d0e189c9d509128887b637b40b3

Reporting entitySCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Victim entitySCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Incidentdiscovered Oct 28, 2008

Stated responseCommunicated with Defense Security Information Exchange

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov