MalwareTechnologyManufacturingInformationRansomwareStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedSupply Chain (3P Vendor)TargetedPIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)LowContained

NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.

bd_13ce38397eefce2f · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Feb 17, 2017

To disclose

4 days

Affected

203state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC. →3 incidents on file

New England Biolabs (NEB) notified customers of a data breach affecting its e-commerce platform operated by a third-party provider. The intrusion, involving malware and payment card data theft, occurred between Feb and Dec 2016. NEB engaged a cybersecurity firm to remove malware and cooperate with law enforcement.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 378 days

discovery → filing · 4 days

Feb 1, 2016

Begins

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Feb 17, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

18 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed203 affectedView incident

Name: NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.
norm: new england biolabs
Domain: neb.com

Name: NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.
norm: new england biolabs
Domain: neb.com
Industry: TechnologyllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Feb 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2016
Undetected for: 378 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 13, 2017
Affected individuals: 203state-resident count only
Data types: PIIFinancial accountIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: contacted and offered its cooperation to federal law enforcement
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Worked with a leading cybersecurity firm to remove the malware from its systems
Actively monitoring the platform to safeguard personal information
Contacted and offered its cooperation to federal law enforcement
Changes made: Continue to work with this platform provider in the ensuing weeks to ensure our online ordering system remains well protected
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 days(4 days from discovery to filing)
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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/New-Englad-Biolabs-NEB.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 17, 2017
Raw hash: 8c75a5bc879d074e3d283bf858ef5bbd7a1955ca38886bae8f009d2c1e35849c

Reporting entityNEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.

Victim entityNEW ENGLAND BIOLABS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseWorked with a leading cybersecurity firm to remove the malware from its systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov