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PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftCustomer Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)Financial accountMediumContained

Merrill Lynch

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 16, 2008

To disclose

—

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Merrill Lynch →6 incidents on file

Merrill Lynch notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that a laptop belonging to an employee was stolen on November 26, 2008, from the Tacoma, Washington office. The laptop contained PII for one NH resident, including SSN, account number, and contact info. No passwords were on the device. Notification was sent on December 16, 2008.

Incident timeline

Nov 26, 2008

Begins

Dec 16, 2008

Filed

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 2 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGDec 16 · first · this page
Massachusetts State AG+1d
New Hampshire State AG+13d
Massachusetts State AG+15d

Pattern: first filing Dec 16 (NH), last Dec 31 (MA) — a 15-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.