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Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Dec 18, 2017

Filed

Mar 30, 2018

To disclose

15 weeks

Affected · nationwide

31 in this filing

Linked

6 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. →

Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. filed a supplemental notice with the New Hampshire AG regarding a December 2017 burglary of two desktop computers from its Santa Cruz office. The theft may have exposed personal information (name, address, DOB, SSN, medical/insurance info) for 3 individuals total (1 NH resident, 2 others). Notification was mailed March 30, 2018. Remediation included encryption and remote data-wiping software.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 15 weeks / 102 days

Dec 17, 2017

Begins

Dec 18, 2017

Discovered

Mar 30, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

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

California State AGbd_49e04d671ab27e502018-03-30Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_26c0fa0ec7a15d0a2018-02-26 · +32dVerified
California State AGbd_1230217910e533d72018-02-22 · +36dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_66ac50f701b825bb2018-02-22 · +36dCandidate

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Montana State AGbd_b1ae7a75e8e1e8022018-02-22 · +36dCandidate

Name: DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP
norm: davis wright tremaine

Name: Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.
norm: santa cruz biotechnology
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Dec 18, 2017
Breach occurred: Dec 17, 2017
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 30, 2018
Affected individuals: 3state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified New Hampshire Office of the Attorney GeneralNotified local law enforcement and the FBI

During the incident: Contacted law enforcement
Began an investigation
Notified local law enforcement and the FBI
Arranged to have ID Experts provide credit monitoring and identity repair services for one year at no cost
Changes made: Implemented additional security controls
Encrypting laptop and desktop computers that contain sensitive personal information
Enabling software capable of locating, disabling, and remotely destroying data on Santa Cruz computers
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 15 weeks(102 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 6 filings · 4 states

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California State AGFeb 22 · first

New Hampshire State AGFeb 22 · first

Montana State AGFeb 22 · first

Massachusetts State AG+4d

California State AG+36d

New Hampshire State AG+36d · this page

Pattern: first filing Feb 22 (CA), last Mar 30 (NH) — a 36-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/santa-cruz-20180330.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 30, 2018
Raw hash: 91581b035300f6ee0157be280f6f66ae3e4ce669317d0e43d7c35ddc190d16c1

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (5) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP

Victim entitySanta Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Dec 18, 2017

Stated responseContacted law enforcement

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov