PhysicalFinancial ServicesFinanceTheftEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentMediumContained

Merrill Lynch

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jul 17, 2007

Filed

Aug 7, 2007

To disclose

21 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Merrill Lynch →3 incidents on file

Merrill Lynch reported the theft of a data storage device from its Plainsboro, NJ office on July 17, 2007. The device contained personal information of current and former employees, including names, Social Security numbers, employee IDs, and compensation data. No client data, home addresses, birthdates, or account numbers were involved. The company notified affected New Hampshire residents on August 7, 2007, and offered one year of complimentary credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 21 days

Jul 17, 2007

Begins

Jul 17, 2007

Discovered

Aug 7, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Merrill Lynch
norm: merrill lynch
Domain: ml.com

Name: Merrill Lynch
norm: merrill lynch
Domain: ml.com
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Jul 17, 2007
Breach occurred: Jul 17, 2007
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Aug 7, 2007
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)Employment
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Regulator citations: Notified the Office of Attorney General, Consumer Protection Division, New Hampshire

During the incident: Reported the theft to law enforcement officials
Conducted an extensive search and investigation
Consulted with technical forensic experts and the manufacturer of the equipment
Offering free credit monitoring to all affected employees
Changes made: Improved the physical and technological safeguards with respect to the storage of employee data
Increased physical security measures in Plainsboro, New Jersey
Placed further restrictions on computer back-up devices
Continuously review and implement enhanced protections to further safeguard all confidential client and employee information, including data encryption techniques, centralization of data storage, and improved information security and data access controls
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 21 days(21 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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/merrill-lynch-20070807.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 7, 2007
Raw hash: a99292ca051128ca31096d8b7a968e360b752b383e641d76e98b521baebd1f7b

Reporting entityMerrill Lynch

Victim entityMerrill Lynch

Incidentdiscovered Jul 17, 2007

Stated responseReported the theft to law enforcement officials

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov