Social EngineeringTechnologyInformationPhishingData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

BeiGene, Ltd.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 1, 2018

Filed

Sep 24, 2018

To disclose

16 weeks

Affected

2state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for BeiGene, Ltd. →

BeiGene, Ltd. reported a phishing incident to the New Hampshire Attorney General on September 21, 2018. Unauthorized access to seven employee email accounts occurred between May 22 and June 8, 2018. The breach potentially exposed personal information (names, addresses, SSNs, DOB, financial data) for two New Hampshire residents. BeiGene engaged forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided two years of credit monitoring. No evidence of actual misuse was found.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 10 days

discovery → filing · 16 weeks / 115 days

May 22, 2018

Begins

Jun 1, 2018

Discovered

Sep 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

2 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_6e352c495c7918792018-09-20 · +4dVerified

Name: BeiGene, Ltd.
norm: beigene

Name: BeiGene, Ltd.
norm: beigene
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 1, 2018
Breach occurred: May 22, 2018 – Jun 8, 2018
Undetected for: 10 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 21, 2018
Affected individuals: 2state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing Link
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Engaged a leading cybersecurity forensics firm to support its investigation and validate its remediation efforts
Obtained log files generated by BeiGene's email provider
Notified law enforcement of the incident
Arranged for AllClear ID to provide credit monitoring and identity repair services for two years
Changes made: Providing additional extensive training to its employees regarding phishing emails and other cybersecurity issues
Enhanced existing measures by implementing multi-factor authentication for email
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 16 weeks(115 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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Massachusetts State AGSep 20 · first

New Hampshire State AG+4d · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/beigene-20180921.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 24, 2018
Raw hash: 434d55bee6c4656a72c68ca02f559b225a1641f5aa26823869171422703468f3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBeiGene, Ltd.

Victim entityBeiGene, Ltd.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 1, 2018

Stated responseEngaged a leading cybersecurity forensics firm to support its investigation and validate its remediation efforts

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov