HackingTechnologyHealthcareInformationStolen CredentialsEmployee Data InvolvedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDPIIMediumContained

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 30, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC. →4 incidents on file

Thermo Fisher Scientific notified California residents that unauthorized third parties compromised a small percentage of company email accounts between July 6, 2017, and October 13, 2017. The attackers obtained usernames and passwords to access accounts and acquire emails. Affected data may include names and Social Security numbers contained in those emails. The company engaged outside experts, worked with federal law enforcement, secured accounts, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

Jul 6, 2017

Begins

Mar 30, 2018

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_25dcf9248193907a2018-03-30Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4f4281496b88c15e2018-03-30Verified
New Hampshire State AGbd_5195592600c0a1bc2018-03-28 · +2dVerified

Name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
norm: thermo fisher scientific

Name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
norm: thermo fisher scientific
Industry: TechnologyllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2017 – Oct 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 28, 2018
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Working closely with federal law enforcement authoritiesLaw enforcement authorities requested that the company delay making any notification of this incident
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Began its own investigation with the assistance of outside experts
Working closely with federal law enforcement authorities
Took steps to secure the affected accounts, including requiring employees to change their passwords
Enhanced email security
Changes made: Enhanced email security
Expects to continue to make security enhancements to help prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future
Offering 12 months of identity monitoring services at no charge
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.

Filing propagation · 4 filings · 4 states

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New Hampshire State AGMar 28 · first

Montana State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+2d · 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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-134909
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 30, 2018
Raw hash: 5bce29a4af77f0f9c95960b9e1b31f053914ef7c6ef0c5bd39d8498c674630fd

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

Victim entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBegan its own investigation with the assistance of outside experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov