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

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Merrill Lynch →3 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.

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Incident timeline

Nov 26, 2008

Begins

Dec 16, 2008

Filed

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

Name: Merrill Lynch
norm: merrill lynch
Domain: ml.com

Name: Merrill Lynch
norm: merrill lynch
Domain: ml.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Nov 26, 2008
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 16, 2008
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: The theft was reported to law enforcement authorities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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/merrill-lynch-20081216.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 16, 2008
Raw hash: 2a6bc70b928da9495f1bcdde090ac99d7ecd299b231b157d04d691ecd56258e5

Reporting entityMerrill Lynch

Victim entityMerrill Lynch

IncidentUnknown

Stated responseThe theft was reported to law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov