Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumResolved

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 18, 2018

Filed

Mar 30, 2018

To disclose

12 days

Affected

1state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific notified Montana residents that unauthorized third parties compromised a small percentage of the company's email accounts between July 6, 2017, and October 13, 2017. The incident involved phishing leading to credential theft and email collection. Affected data included names and Social Security numbers. The company engaged outside experts, secured accounts, enhanced email security, and offered 12 months of identity monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 255 days

discovery → filing · 12 days

Jul 6, 2017

Begins

Mar 18, 2018

Discovered

Mar 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

9 wks faster

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

California State AGbd_1168372279c84dfa2018-03-30Verified
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: Technologyllm

Discovered: Mar 18, 2018
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2017 – Oct 13, 2017
Undetected for: 255 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 18, 2018
Affected individuals: 1state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working closely with federal law enforcement authorities
Initial access: phishing_link

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 its email security
Changes made: Enhanced its 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.

Time to disclose: 12 days(12 days from discovery to filing)
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

California State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

Montana 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://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/ThermoFisher-Scientific.pdf
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: 0ed838e9deca63762ccc78397299b1a1dc5f934e7bedfbbd48ce208eb646ee78

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

Victim entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 18, 2018

Stated responseBegan its own investigation with the assistance of outside experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov