AccidentalTechnologyInformationLossCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

L-3 Communications Corporation

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 16, 2012

Filed

May 15, 2012

To disclose

29 days

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for L-3 Communications Corporation →

L-3 Communications Corporation reported a potential breach involving a misplaced thumb drive containing names and SSNs of employees/applicants. 4 New Hampshire residents affected. Notifications mailed May 16, 2012, offering 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 29 days

Apr 16, 2012

Discovered

May 15, 2012

Filed

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15 wks faster

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_ffdfb61ba782004c2012-05-16 · +1dVerified

Name: L-3 Communications Corporation
norm: l 3 communications

Name: L-3 Communications Corporation
norm: l 3 communications
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Apr 16, 2012
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: May 16, 2012
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium

During the incident: Promptly reported to Company security personnel
Immediately began investigating the incident
Notifying all affected individuals via written letter to each through first class mail
Offering them the opportunity to enroll in a free credit monitoring service for two years
Changes made: Taking steps to help prevent a similar occurrence
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 29 days(29 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 AGMay 15 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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/l-3-communications-20120515.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 15, 2012
Raw hash: 2236c6bd1b804590d2c59a0b0d64ce014fb6420fc3a75c1ad70f826108aa9c18

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityL-3 Communications Corporation

Victim entityL-3 Communications Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Apr 16, 2012

Stated responsePromptly reported to Company security personnel

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov