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PhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Centocor, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 1, 2007

Filed

Jan 3, 2008

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

66%
Full breach record for Centocor, Inc.

Centocor, Inc. reported the theft of several computers from its Horsham, PA campus by a former contracted employee of its IT vendor. The stolen devices likely contained files with names, city/state, and Social Security/Tax ID numbers of speaker-consultants, including one New Hampshire resident. Centocor notified the NH Attorney General and affected individuals, offering one year of free credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 94 days

Oct 1, 2007

Discovered

Jan 3, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

+1 wks slower

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

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.