PhysicalProfessional ServicesTechnologyProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Celanese Corp

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 1, 2006

Filed

Jan 15, 2007

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Celanese Corp →

Towers Perrin reported the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing Celanese Americas Corporation employees' personal data (names, SSNs) on Dec 1, 2006. 3 NH residents affected. Notification began Jan 12, 2007. Remediation included accelerating laptop encryption and engaging security consultants.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 45 days

Dec 1, 2006

Discovered

Jan 15, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: Towers Perrin
norm: towers perrin
Domain: towersperrin.com

Name: Celanese Corp
norm: celanese
Industry: Professional ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2006
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 12, 2007
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Reported theft to New York City Police DepartmentDistrict Attorney’s Office for the County of New York requested delay in notification

During the incident: Reported the theft to the New York City Police Department (Mid-town South Precinct)
Notified the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office
Began notifying affected customers via written letter
Arranged for free Equifax credit monitoring for one year
Changes made: Accelerated a project to encrypt all laptops by the end of January 2007
Engaged an information security consulting firm to review policies and procedures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(45 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/towers-perrin-celanese-20070115.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 15, 2007
Raw hash: 4e0d6c0d9e92cbd39908835f26fdf6eea0812c1aa88fcbd1aca31588a7fb3e39

Reporting entityTowers Perrin

Victim entityCelanese Corp

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2006

Stated responseReported the theft to the New York City Police Department (Mid-town South Precinct)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov