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PhysicalTechnologyInformationTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2017

Filed

Feb 22, 2018

To disclose

9 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

64%
Full breach record for Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. reported a physical theft of two HR computers from its Santa Cruz office on December 17, 2017. The incident involved the potential exposure of employee personal information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical/health insurance info, and work evaluations. The company notified law enforcement and the FBI, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals. Remediation included encrypting devices and deploying remote data destruction software.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 9 weeks / 66 days

Dec 17, 2017

Begins

Dec 18, 2017

Discovered

Feb 22, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Show 1 more filingup to 36d gap

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

View merged incident ↗
New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first
Montana State AGFeb 22 · first
California State AGFeb 22 · first · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (NH), last Mar 30 (NH) — a 36-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.