PhysicalTechnologyInformationTheftSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

SYNOPSYS, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jun 10, 2008

Filed

Jun 20, 2008

To disclose

10 days

Affected · nationwide

3,05334 in this filing

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for SYNOPSYS, INC. →2 incidents on file

Synopsys, Inc. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General of a data breach involving a third-party vendor, Colt Express Outsourcing Services, Inc. On May 26, 2008, Colt's office was broken into and computer equipment containing personal information of former Avant! employees (acquired by Synopsys) was stolen. The data included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers for 3,053 individuals, including 34 New Hampshire residents. Synopsys began notifying affected individuals on June 20, 2008, and provided six months of ID theft protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 15 days

discovery → filing · 10 days

May 26, 2008

Begins

Jun 10, 2008

Discovered

Jun 20, 2008

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Part of Colt Express Outsourcing Services, Inc. supply-chain incident (2008) — a supply-chain cascade affecting multiple organizations.View cascade →

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_524850d42eacf9282008-06-24 · +4dVerified

Name: SYNOPSYS, INC.
norm: synopsys
Domain: synopsys.com

Name: SYNOPSYS, INC.
norm: synopsys
Domain: synopsys.com
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 10, 2008
Breach occurred: May 26, 2008
Undetected for: 15 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 20, 2008
Affected individuals: 3,053state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Colt reported the break-in and theft to the Walnut Creek Police DepartmentColt reported the break-in and theft to the REACT High Tech Crimes Task Force in Silicon Valley

During the incident: Notifying all affected former Avant! employees and their dependents via first-class U.S. mail
Providing affected former Avant! employees and their dependents with access to AIG's Ambassador ID Theft Service at no charge for six months
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 10 days(10 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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New Hampshire State AGJun 20 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+4d

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/synopsys-20080620.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 20, 2008
Raw hash: c740cb83edcdd96469fa48a7ea3951b42165ac18f7a5b60ac835b53b14975540

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entitySYNOPSYS, INC.

Victim entitySYNOPSYS, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 10, 2008

Stated responseNotifying all affected former Avant! employees and their dependents via first-class U.S. mail

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov