HackingTechnologyManufacturingInformationStolen CredentialsTargetedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDCredentialsMediumContained

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Mar 28, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

34state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

66%

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

Thermo Fisher Scientific notified the NH AG of a data security incident where unauthorized third parties compromised a small percentage of company email accounts. The incident involved the theft of usernames, passwords, and emails containing names and Social Security Numbers. 34 NH residents were affected. Notifications were sent in March 2018.

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Incident timeline

Jul 6, 2017

Begins

Mar 28, 2018

Filed

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_1168372279c84dfa2018-03-30 · +2dVerified
Montana State AGbd_25dcf9248193907a2018-03-30 · +2dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_4f4281496b88c15e2018-03-30 · +2dVerified

Name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
norm: thermo fisher scientific
Domain: thermofisher.com

Name: THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.
norm: thermo fisher scientific
Domain: thermofisher.com
Industry: TechnologyllmManufacturingllm

Discovered: —
Breach occurred: Jul 6, 2017 – Oct 13, 2017
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 30, 2018
Affected individuals: 34state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDCredentials
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: working closely with federal law enforcement authoritiesLaw enforcement authorities requested that we delay making any notification of this incident to avoid interference with their investigation
Initial access: valid_credentials

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
Requiring the users of the affected email accounts 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
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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 · this page

California State AG+2d

Montana State AG+2d

Massachusetts State AG+2d

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/thermo-fisher-scientific-20180328.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 28, 2018
Raw hash: b32a69b5acf2d1b7b246e01f2942bfceba19d3b40a0f917d0082a8aac1da10bb

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

Victim entityTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBegan its own investigation with the assistance of outside experts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov