HackingTechnologyInformationData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

LI-COR Environmental

bd_7fb78febfc988f29 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 16, 2021

Filed

Mar 24, 2021

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

9state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for LI-COR Environmental →

LI-COR, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a cyber-attack on February 16, 2021, which caused a service disruption. An unknown actor accessed and acquired files containing personal information for approximately 9 New Hampshire residents, including names, Social Security numbers, and financial account information. LI-COR engaged cybersecurity specialists, notified law enforcement, and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring. The investigation is ongoing.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 36 days

Feb 16, 2021

Begins

Feb 16, 2021

Discovered

Mar 24, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_2f6e9ed5e783c8092021-03-19 · +5dCandidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_43f8d1a5c0bcd98a2021-03-19 · +5dVerified
Maine State AGbd_cd3ae63faa6320392021-03-19 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_e4450dea9b7938f62021-03-19 · +5dVerified

Name: LI-COR, Inc.
norm: li-cor

Name: LI-COR Environmental
norm: li cor environmental
Domain: licor.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Feb 16, 2021
Breach occurred: Feb 16, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 19, 2021
Affected individuals: 9state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified federal law enforcementNotifying relevant state and federal regulators

During the incident: Launched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this incident
Working with outside cybersecurity specialists to securely restore the impacted systems
Notified federal law enforcement and is cooperating
Resetting relevant account passwords
Reviewing the contents of the potentially accessed files and folders to determine whether they contained protected information
Reviewing internal systems to identify contact information for purposes of providing notice to potentially affected individuals
Notifying relevant state and federal regulators
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Providing access to credit monitoring services for 12 months through Cyberscout
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Reviewing and enhancing existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a similar future event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 5 states

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Montana State AGMar 19 · first

Massachusetts State AGMar 19 · first

Maine State AGMar 19 · first

Indiana State AGMar 19 · first

New Hampshire State AG+5d · this page

Pattern: first filing Mar 19 (MT), last Mar 24 (NH) — a 5-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.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/li-cor-20210324.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 24, 2021
Raw hash: 890f0f8929a4e8487939d1067d0fb2f0c731ad47a4a8a5d238372097caa94aac

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLI-COR, Inc.

Victim entityLI-COR Environmental

Incidentdiscovered Feb 16, 2021

Stated responseLaunched an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this incident

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov