Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancialMediumContained

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 4, 2016

Filed

May 31, 2016

To disclose

27 days

Affected

5state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. →

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals reported a phishing incident on March 31, 2016, where an attacker impersonated leadership to trick an employee into disclosing employee PII (SSN, salary, W-2 data). Discovered May 4, 2016. 5 NH residents affected. Notices sent June 1, 2016. Remediation included credit monitoring and training review.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 34 days

discovery → filing · 27 days

Mar 31, 2016

Begins

May 4, 2016

Discovered

May 31, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_2207aebbede8cf272016-05-31Verified

Name: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
norm: ariad pharmaceuticals

Name: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
norm: ariad pharmaceuticals
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 4, 2016
Breach occurred: Mar 31, 2016
Undetected for: 34 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2016
Affected individuals: 5state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New Hampshire pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Section 359-C:20
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Providing notice to all affected individuals
Providing five (5) years of identity protection and credit monitoring services through AllClear ID at no cost
Continuing to assess its procedures and employee training and awareness programs
Changed the way ARIAD access to the ADP portal is provided
Working with ADP on the investigation
Changes made: Assessing its procedures and employee training and awareness programs to ensure that personal information is protected
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 · 2 filings · 2 states

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Massachusetts State AGMay 31 · first

New Hampshire State AGMay 31 · first · this page

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/ariad-pharmaceuticals-20160531.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 31, 2016
Raw hash: 29b825aa4a895091fb3258a98e556a9cede81a91ef3d726c1faeeb524d6792b0

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Victim entityARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 4, 2016

Stated responseProviding notice to all affected individuals

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov