Social EngineeringManufacturingManufacturingPhishingStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedPIIIdentity (basic)Financial accountLowContained

Lonza Bioscience

bd_d02c2d131272fad1 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 29, 2017

Filed

Jan 24, 2018

To disclose

26 days

Affected · nationwide

122 in this filing

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Lonza Bioscience →2 incidents on file

Lonza notified the NH AG of a phishing attack in Nov/Dec 2017 that compromised 12 employee WorkDay accounts (2 in NH). Hackers accessed credentials and viewed personal info, rerouting direct deposits for some. Lonza discovered the breach on Dec 29, 2017, implemented WorkDay security controls, and offered 2 years of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 58 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Nov 1, 2017

Begins

Dec 29, 2017

Discovered

Jan 24, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

7 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed12 affectedView incident

Name: Lonza Bioscience
norm: lonza bioscience
Domain: bioscience.lonza.com

Name: Lonza Bioscience
norm: lonza bioscience
Domain: bioscience.lonza.com
Industry: Manufacturingllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2017
Breach occurred: Nov 1, 2017 – Dec 31, 2017
Undetected for: 58 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2018
Affected individuals: 12state + nationwide
Data types: PIIIdentity (basic)Financial account
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid AccountsT1114 Email Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General in advance of providing notice to affected individuals
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Launched an internal investigation
Enhanced security measures to prevent future breaches
Implemented new security measures to protect employees’ WorkDay accounts, including requiring an additional approval step before changing payment elections
Offering two years of free credit monitoring provided through Experian
Re-deposited lost amounts into accounts for employees whose payroll direct deposit was intercepted
Changes made: Implemented new security measures to protect employees’ WorkDay accounts, including requiring an additional approval step before changing payment elections
Planning additional company-wide training on data breach prevention
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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/lonza-20180124.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 24, 2018
Raw hash: 8a76184eeb92ee31ace6550a2ba72c105a14aacf2eccf8783770291e204a822e

Reporting entityLonza Bioscience

Victim entityLonza Bioscience

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2017

Stated responseLaunched an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov