MalwareTechnologyInformationCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedGovernment IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentPIIMediumContained

Formfactor, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jun 28, 2020

Filed

Jul 16, 2020

To disclose

18 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Formfactor, Inc. →2 incidents on file

FormFactor, Inc. disclosed a data breach involving malware and unauthorized access by an unknown third party. The unauthorized access began on June 21, 2020, and was discovered on June 28, 2020. Affected data includes communications, contact details, and HR data such as Social Security Numbers and compensation. The company engaged Mandiant for response and remediation, closing access points and hardening systems. Complimentary identity theft prevention services were offered to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Jun 28, 2020 → Notified Jul 17, 202019d ✓ CA 60-day OK18 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 7 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jun 21, 2020

Begins

Jun 28, 2020

Discovered

Jul 16, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

16 wks faster

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

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Oregon State AGbd_c7afd7ff571a7c6b2020-07-16Candidate

Name: Formfactor, Inc.
norm: formfactor

Name: Formfactor, Inc.
norm: formfactor
Industry: Technologyllm

Discovered: Jun 28, 2020
Breach occurred: Jun 21, 2020
Undetected for: 7 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jul 17, 2020
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Government IDIdentity (basic)EmploymentPII
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External

During the incident: Retained the industry-leading cybersecurity firm, Mandiant of FireEye, Inc., to immediately respond to the threat, defend our systems and conduct remediation
Offering you a complimentary, one-year membership of InfoArmor PrivacyArmor Plus
Changes made: Closed all probable access points used
Substantially hardening our systems against the threat
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 19d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Jun 28, 2020
→ Notified: Jul 17, 2020
19d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Jun 28, 2020 → Notified: Jul 17, 2020	19d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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Oregon State AGJul 16 · first

California State AGJul 16 · first · this page

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://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192052
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 16, 2020
Raw hash: 17f5e98c1e130903ddd8a87f01915ed1c1254891a9fb49d8e19c7e01c2a0a393

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityFormfactor, Inc.

Victim entityFormfactor, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jun 28, 2020

Stated responseRetained the industry-leading cybersecurity firm, Mandiant of FireEye, Inc., to immediately respond to the threat, defend our systems and conduct remediation

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov