PhysicalTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentHighContained

FCI USA, LLC

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Severity

High

Discovered

Sep 24, 2009

Filed

Nov 19, 2009

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2,000671 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for FCI USA, LLC →

FCI USA, LLC reported the theft of an employee's laptop on September 24, 2009. The device contained a spreadsheet with names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth for approximately 2,000 current and former employees. Approximately 671 New Hampshire residents were affected. The company notified the NH Attorney General and affected individuals, and implemented enhanced security measures including encryption and employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Sep 24, 2009

Begins

Sep 24, 2009

Discovered

Nov 19, 2009

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_e7bf13da2e3c85f52009-11-23 · +4dVerified

Name: FCI USA, LLC
norm: fci usa

Name: FCI USA, LLC
norm: fci usa

Discovered: Sep 24, 2009
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2009
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Nov 17, 2009
Affected individuals: 2,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Department of Justice Consumer Protection Bureau

During the incident: The theft was reported to local authorities on September 25, 2009
FCI promptly undertook measures to determine what personal information was on the laptop
FCI is sending notification letters via first-class mail to any individual believed to have appeared on the spreadsheet in question
FCI has undertaken measures to ensure that similar incidents do not occur in the future, including education of our employees regarding proper laptop and computer security measures
Changes made: Education of our employees regarding proper laptop and computer security measures
Improving security of company computers
Implement encryption and password technology to prevent unauthorized access even if computers are stolen in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGNov 19 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/fci-usa-20091119.pdf
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Filed at: Nov 19, 2009
Raw hash: 54769b6e0eedff58170126017bbca8157c8d3a4e67c3f89abaa1ec25268d61dc

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFCI USA, LLC

Victim entityFCI USA, LLC

Incidentdiscovered Sep 24, 2009

Stated responseThe theft was reported to local authorities on September 25, 2009

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov