MisuseOtherPrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighActive

PFIZER INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

May 30, 2007

Filed

May 30, 2007

To disclose

≤1 day

Affected · nationwide

17,00098 in this filing

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for PFIZER INC. →8 incidents on file

Pfizer notified NH AG of a data breach affecting ~17,000 employees. A spouse of an employee installed unauthorized file-sharing software on a work laptop, exposing names and SSNs. Pfizer retrieved the laptop, disabled the software, and engaged Experian for credit monitoring and insurance.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · ≤1 day / 0 days

May 30, 2007

Discovered

May 30, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed17,000 affectedView incident

Name: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
norm: dickstein shapiro

Name: PFIZER INC.
norm: pfizer
Domain: pfizer.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: May 30, 2007
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 1, 2007
Affected individuals: 17,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Insider
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified the Attorney General’s office in your state of residence about this incident
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Retrieved the laptop
Disabled the unauthorized file sharing software
Conducted an investigation
Contacted the major national credit agencies
Provided a full package of credit-protection services and credit insurance, free of charge
Contracted with Experian to provide support and protections
Set up a call center with a special toll-free number
Notified the Attorney General’s office in your state of residence
Changes made: Taking steps to prevent any further dissemination of these files
Determining the identity and location of any person(s) who may be re-posting them
Continuing to carefully monitor this situation
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: ≤1 day(0 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/pfizer-a-20070530.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: May 30, 2007
Raw hash: 5397c088559f7602cf0ee00350f0f4fe60ef63c3b28bcfc82088e12424affb19

Reporting entityDickstein Shapiro LLP

Victim entityPFIZER INC.

Incidentdiscovered May 30, 2007

Stated responseRetrieved the laptop

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov