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Pacific Science Center

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 13, 2017

Filed

Jul 10, 2017

To disclose

27 days

Affected

605state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

70%

Full breach record for Pacific Science Center →

Pacific Science Center reported a spear phishing attack occurring between June 13 and June 21, 2017. Attackers impersonated management to fraudulently obtain 2016 employee W-2 forms. Approximately 605 Washington residents were affected. Data exposed included names, addresses, SSNs, and wage information. The organization notified the FBI and IRS, provided credit monitoring, and is implementing additional safeguards and employee training.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 27 days

Jun 13, 2017

Begins

Jun 13, 2017

Discovered

Jul 10, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_06a01157132d51ac2017-07-10Candidate
Massachusetts State AGbd_dc619332f52c90922017-07-11 · +1dVerified

Name: Mullen Coughlin LLC
norm: mullen coughlin

Name: Pacific Science Center
norm: pacific science center
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Jun 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Jun 13, 2017 – Jun 21, 2017
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 10, 2017
Affected individuals: 605state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle 1-99dexposure 1-99d
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoing
Attack vector: Phishing
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566.002 Spearphishing LinkT1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the IRSNotified the FBIWill be contacting the relevant state Attorneys General
Initial access: phishing_link

During the incident: Provided all potentially affected individuals access to three (3) free years of credit and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through AllClear ID
Established a dedicated hotline for potentially affected individuals to contact with questions or concerns regarding this incident
Provided potentially impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against identity theft and fraud
Provided written notice of this incident to other state regulators as necessary
Provided notice of this incident to the IRS and the FBI
Changes made: Working to implement additional safeguards
Providing additional mandatory training to our employees on safeguarding the privacy and security of information on our systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 27 days(27 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Montana State AGJul 10 · first

Washington State AGJul 10 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+1d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM9720.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 10, 2017
Raw hash: a1b4ee394ac16b982c06077ab747b8b909dea533b17c1c1087c8831ec53018d4

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMullen Coughlin LLC

Victim entityPacific Science Center

Incidentdiscovered Jun 13, 2017

Stated responseProvided all potentially affected individuals access to three (3) free years of credit and identity monitoring services, including identity restoration services, through AllClear ID

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com