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Pacific Science Center

bd_06a01157132d51ac · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2017

Filed

Jul 10, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Pacific Science Center →

Pacific Science Center disclosed a spear-phishing attack on June 13-21, 2017, where an attacker impersonated management to obtain 2016 W-2 forms from employees. Compromised data included names, addresses, SSNs, and wage info. The FBI and IRS were notified. The organization provided 36 months of credit monitoring via AllClear ID. Investigation was ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

Jun 13, 2017

Begins

Jun 13, 2017

Discovered

Jul 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_df4b7f163451b4692017-07-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc619332f52c90922017-07-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Pacific Science Center
norm: pacific science center

Name: Pacific Science Center
norm: pacific science center
Industry: Educationllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 13, 2017 – Jun 21, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 14, 2017
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBINotified the IRSContacting the relevant state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Notified the FBI
Notified the IRS
Contacting the relevant state Attorneys General
Arranged to have AllClear ID protect your identity for 36 months at no cost
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to our employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
IT and CyberSecurity teams are assessing the security and soundness of our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Washington State AGJul 10 · first

Montana State AGJul 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/Pacfic-Science-Center.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2017
Raw hash: 3913bd4949177b45404b8fa0f18aabc43eeeba1d2c0d1e5d18b7203bd0d275cd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityPacific Science Center

Victim entityPacific Science Center

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2017

Stated responseNotified the FBI

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov