PhysicalProfessional ServicesHealthcareProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)HighResolved

Towers Perrin and Alpharma

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 1, 2006

Filed

Jan 9, 2007

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,7053 in this filing

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Towers Perrin and Alpharma →

Alpharma, Inc. reported that its pension consulting vendor, Towers Perrin, suffered the theft of five laptops from its New York office on December 1, 2006. The laptops contained personal information of approximately 3,705 current and former Alpharma employees, including names, addresses, SSNs, and disability status. Towers Perrin engaged forensic investigators and delayed notification per law enforcement request. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 39 days

Dec 1, 2006

Discovered

Jan 9, 2007

Filed

vs. sector median

12 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,705 affectedView incident

Name: Alpharma
norm: alpharma
Domain: alpharma.org

Name: Towers Perrin and Alpharma
norm: towers perrin and alpharma
Industry: Professional ServicesllmHealthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 1, 2006
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 5, 2007
Affected individuals: 3,705state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDHealth (basic)
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: New York City District Attorney's Office informed Towers Perrin that it was investigating the alleged theft and requested that Towers Perrin delay notification of individuals potentially affected by this loss until January 5, 2007

During the incident: Contacted the NYPD
Employed a private investigation and computer forensic specialty firm to assist with the investigation
Reported the theft to law enforcement authorities
Arranged for affected individuals to enroll in Equifax Credit Watch Gold with 3-in-1 credit monitoring product at no cost for one year
Changes made: Accelerated a project to encrypt all laptops by the end of January 2007
Engaged an information security consulting firm to review policies and procedures to assess areas of vulnerability and implement necessary changes
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(39 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/towers-perrin-alpharma-20070109.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 9, 2007
Raw hash: 2e851bb093676505b1024106a3c94a12896840f7293a51b825eb48d5767c8897

Reporting entityAlpharma

Victim entityTowers Perrin and Alpharma

Incidentdiscovered Dec 1, 2006

Stated responseContacted the NYPD

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov