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Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2017

Filed

Mar 30, 2018

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

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

Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. reported the theft of two HR computers from its Santa Cruz office on December 17, 2017. The stolen devices contained employee and dependent personal information, including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance details. The company discovered the burglary on December 18, 2017, notified law enforcement and the FBI, and offered one year of identity protection services to affected individuals. Remediation measures included encrypting devices and deploying remote data destruction software.

Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days
discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Dec 17, 2017

Begins

Dec 18, 2017

Discovered

Mar 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+4 wks slower

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 ↗
California State AGFeb 22 · first
New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first
Montana State AGFeb 22 · first
California State AG+36d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (CA), last Mar 30 (CA) — 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.