Social EngineeringHealthcareHealthcarePhishingBECStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumContained

Boston Biomedical, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 2, 2018

Filed

Jun 11, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

2524 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Boston Biomedical, Inc. →

Boston Biomedical, Inc. notified the NH AG of a Business Email Compromise incident. Stolen credentials allowed unauthorized access to an employee email account starting Jan 11, 2018. The attacker forwarded emails containing PII (SSNs, DOBs, names) of 252 employees/contractors to a third party. The breach was contained on May 2, 2018. Notices were sent June 8, 2018.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 111 days

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 40 days

Jan 11, 2018

Begins

May 2, 2018

Discovered

Jun 11, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

6 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_4966ffe71c92fb382018-06-11Verified

Name: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
norm: drinker biddle reath

Name: Boston Biomedical, Inc.
norm: boston biomedical
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: May 2, 2018
Breach occurred: Jan 11, 2018
Undetected for: 111 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 8, 2018
Affected individuals: 252state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email CollectionT1566 Phishing
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Activated its incident response plan
Engagement of a cybersecurity firm
Engagement of federal law enforcement
Disabled mail-forwarding rules
Notified personnel affected by this situation
Offered 12 months of free fraud detection and identity theft protection services through InfoArmor
Changes made: Reinvigorate data governance processes for safeguarding personnel data
Strengthen information systems against attack
Improve email systems' authentication process
Invest in enhanced network monitoring capabilities
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(40 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 AGJun 11 · first

New Hampshire State AGJun 11 · first · 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/boston-biomedical-20180611.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 11, 2018
Raw hash: 84eab04b234959de49b916197429e71a704207bd0220e61fc3f72b5619bd913a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Victim entityBoston Biomedical, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 2, 2018

Stated responseActivated its incident response plan

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov