HackingOtherVulnerability ExploitData ExfiltratedTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Aim Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Apr 4, 2016

Filed

Apr 2, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

435state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Aim Inc →

AIM Inc notified NH AG of a breach where unauthorized access to a website upload feature exposed customer names and driver's licenses (and SSNs/passports for a small subset). 435 NH residents affected. Discovered April 4, 2016. Notifications mailed April 26, 2016. Remediation included removing images and enhancing upload security.

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Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window not drawn

Apr 2, 2016

Filed

No interval is drawn: the discovery date on record falls after this filing's date.

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Washington State AGbd_b5ed7d6e32d490372016-04-27 · +25dVerified
South Carolina State AGbd_e7876ae639ac4ad92016-04-27 · +25dVerified

Name: BakerHostetler LLP
norm: bakerhostetler
Domain: aiminc.com

Name: Aim Inc
norm: aim
Domain: aiminc.com
Industry: Otherllm

Discovered: Apr 4, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 26, 2016
Affected individuals: 435state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security number
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph Foster
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Began an internal investigation
Engaged a leading security firm
Alerted law enforcement
Began mailing notification letters to affected individuals
Offering one year credit monitoring and identity theft protection services through Experian
Providing call center support for those affected
Changes made: Removed all of the images from the website server
Worked with the security firm and the vendor that hosts the website to enhance the security of the upload feature
Security firm conducted a review of the entire website to look for any other issues
Working with the security firm to implement enhanced security measures
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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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New Hampshire State AGApr 2 · first · this page

Washington State AG+25d

South Carolina State AG+25d

Pattern: first filing Apr 2 (NH), last Apr 27 (SC) — a 25-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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/aim-20160426.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 2, 2016
Raw hash: a02e3641eda87b13f7168503258f1fbf08cf27ef1e89e6bcc08ffcd878618a1f

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityBakerHostetler LLP

Victim entityAim Inc

Incidentdiscovered Apr 4, 2016

Stated responseBegan an internal investigation

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov