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MKS Instruments, Inc
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Full breach record for MKS Instruments, Inc →MKS Instruments, Inc. disclosed a ransomware event on February 3, 2023. The company activated incident response protocols, engaged forensic professionals, and notified law enforcement. Operations at certain facilities were temporarily suspended. Investigation is ongoing; data types and affected individual counts were not disclosed.
SEC clockMateriality determined Feb 3, 2023 → Filed Feb 6, 20233d ✓ SEC 4-day OK3 days discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
This filing is one of 6 about the same incident.View merged incident
Linked disclosures
Why this link?Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap
- bd_91e20ee0c300cf70SEC 8-Kfiled 2023-02-13(7d gap)Verified
- bd_10609a6a1a76f030New Hampshire State AGfiled 2023-02-15(9d gap)Verified
- bd_7ab949b29245ba5aCalifornia State AGfiled 2023-02-15(9d gap)Candidate
- bd_40fb17ba9f50a304Maine State AGfiled 2023-02-16(10d gap)Candidate
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- bd_488d1bfaf6139cd5Montana State AGfiled 2023-02-16(10d gap)Verified
Source provenance
- Source URL
- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1049502/000119312523024904/
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
- Filed at
- Feb 6, 2023
- Raw hash
- 4b2da605bf840889f441c449cfae3909673e357115c39a8ef13dfd9219304ea1
Source filing
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Reporting entity
- Name
- MKS Instruments, Incnorm: mks instruments
- SEC CIK
- 0001049502
- Domain
- mksinst.com
Victim entity
- Name
- MKS Instruments, Incnorm: mks instruments
- SEC CIK
- 0001049502
- Domain
- mksinst.com
Incident
- Discovered
- Feb 3, 2023
- Materiality determined
- Feb 3, 2023
- Notification sent
- —
- Affected individuals
- Not disclosed
- Data types
- —
- Attack vector
- Ransomware
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact
- Threat actor
- ExternalFinancial
- Regulator citations
- Notified law enforcement authorities
Compliance
- Time to disclose
- 3 days(3 days from discovery to filing)
- Compliance flags
- SEC 4-day OK · 3d
- Discovery-date grounding
- unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
- Clock breakdown
Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status SEC Materiality determined: Feb 3, 2023→ Filed: Feb 6, 20233d cal. 4 business days SEC 4-day OK
Extraction provenance
- Status
- No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.