HackingPIIIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

ETHICON, INC.

bd_c1ca7fd3e7757605 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 3, 2023

Filed

Sep 22, 2023

To disclose

20 weeks

Affected

3state residents only

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for ETHICON, INC. →

Butler Snow LLP notified the New Hampshire Attorney General on September 22, 2023, of a cybersecurity incident affecting three New Hampshire residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to systems storing personal information of individuals involved in pelvic mesh litigation against victim Ethicon, Inc. Butler Snow discovered suspicious activity on May 3, 2023, and notified law enforcement. Remediation included forensic investigation, credit monitoring via Experian, and enhanced employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 20 weeks / 142 days

May 3, 2023

Discovered

Sep 22, 2023

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3 affectedView incident

Name: BUTLER SNOW LLP
norm: butler snow

Name: ETHICON, INC.
norm: ethicon

Discovered: May 3, 2023
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Sep 22, 2023
Affected individuals: 3state-resident count only
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Government ID
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: notified federal law enforcement regarding the eventproviding written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Launched an investigation, with the assistance of third- party cybersecurity forensic specialists
Notified federal law enforcement regarding the event
Working to implement additional safeguards and training to its employees
Providing access to credit monitoring services for , through Experian, to individuals whose personal information was potentially affected by this incident, at no cost to these individuals
Providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Providing written notice of this incident to relevant state regulators, as necessary, and to the three major credit reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion
Changes made: Reviewing our existing policies and procedures
Providing additional training to employees
Implementing additional safeguards to further secure information in our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 20 weeks(142 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/butler-snow-20230922.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Sep 22, 2023
Raw hash: c7d641ba1e16131538a16044efd0a8b1469ff066ecc2d1298fc301fa8f5de6f5

Reporting entityBUTLER SNOW LLP

Victim entityETHICON, INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 3, 2023

Stated responseLaunched an investigation, with the assistance of third- party cybersecurity forensic specialists

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov