HackingTechnologyInformationStolen CredentialsVulnerability ExploitTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Financial accountCredentialsLowContained

Zymo Research Corporation

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Aug 2, 2017

Filed

Aug 21, 2017

To disclose

19 days

Affected

121state residents only

Linked

4 filings

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Zymo Research Corporation →

Zymo Research Corporation notified the New Hampshire AG of a data breach affecting 121 residents. Unauthorized access occurred around March 15, 2017, via code placed on the external cloud e-commerce network. Discovered August 2, 2017. Data exposed: names, addresses, emails, hashed passwords, and credit card details. Forensic investigation retained; credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 140 days

discovery → filing · 19 days

Mar 15, 2017

Begins

Aug 2, 2017

Discovered

Aug 21, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 4 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_1dafbe148f2cf8382017-08-23 · +2dVerified
California State AGbd_7273bdbd187833b62017-08-25 · +4dCandidate
Montana State AGbd_f5d0519e31eb3e792017-08-28 · +7dVerified

Name: SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
norm: snell wilmer

Name: Zymo Research Corporation
norm: zymo research
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Aug 2, 2017
Breach occurred: Mar 15, 2017
Undetected for: 140 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 121state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Financial accountCredentials
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Conducting a thorough review of the potentially affected computer systems
Retained a third-party firm to conduct a forensic investigation concerning this incident
Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the recurrence of such an attack and to protect the privacy of our valued customers
Arranged for Kroll to offer the option of one (1) year of credit monitoring free of charge to the notified individuals
Changes made: Implemented additional security measures designed to prevent the recurrence of such an attack and to protect the privacy of our valued customers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 19 days(19 days from discovery to filing)
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 AGAug 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+2d

California State AG+4d

Montana State AG+7d

Pattern: first filing Aug 21 (NH), last Aug 28 (MT) — a 7-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/zymo-research-20170821.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Aug 21, 2017
Raw hash: 91e305da5467ade4471e17d0ba68babe6a1a0d074ee7ffdd7da4ec7a66b278a3

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (3) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

Victim entityZymo Research Corporation

Incidentdiscovered Aug 2, 2017

Stated responseConducting a thorough review of the potentially affected computer systems

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov