PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 9, 2008

Filed

Jul 11, 2008

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

18state residents only

Confidence

64%

Full breach record for GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. →2 incidents on file

Gilead Sciences notified NH AG of a breach involving stolen computers from third-party vendor Colt Express. Incident occurred May 26, 2008; discovered June 9, 2008. Affected 18 individuals (4 NH employees + 14 dependents) with PII including SSNs. Vendor engaged Kroll for credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 14 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

May 26, 2008

Begins

Jun 9, 2008

Discovered

Jul 11, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Part of Colt Express Outsourcing Services, Inc. supply-chain incident (2008) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed18 affectedView incident

Name: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
norm: gilead sciences
Domain: gilead.com

Name: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
norm: gilead sciences
Domain: gilead.com
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Jun 9, 2008
Breach occurred: May 26, 2008
Undetected for: 14 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 14, 2008
Affected individuals: 18state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Legal Notice of Information Security Breach filed with New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General

During the incident: Engaged Kroll Inc. to provide the affected individuals with services through its ID TheftSmart program
Notified local authorities
In touch with the service provider regarding the ongoing investigation
No longer utilizing the service provider at issue
Changes made: No longer utilizing the service provider at issue
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(32 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/gilead-sciences-20080711.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 11, 2008
Raw hash: 5284dedc76373946304dd4d87c48c9aecc96058bebb781009f745ff62503cae0

Reporting entityGILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

Victim entityGILEAD SCIENCES, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 9, 2008

Stated responseEngaged Kroll Inc. to provide the affected individuals with services through its ID TheftSmart program

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov