MalwareFinancial ServicesFinanceRansomwareData ExfiltratedRansom DemandedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDEmploymentMediumActive

Campbell Taylor & Company

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 13, 2017

Filed

Mar 18, 2017

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

5 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Campbell Taylor & Company →

Campbell Taylor & Company notified the NH Attorney General of a data incident involving unauthorized access to its main network drive from a foreign IP between Jan 27 and Feb 2, 2017. The breach involved a possible ransomware attempt and potentially exposed names, DOB, SSNs, and salary data for 4 NH residents. The company hired forensic investigators, notified law enforcement, and provided one year of credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 17 days

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 33 days

Jan 27, 2017

Begins

Feb 13, 2017

Discovered

Mar 18, 2017

Filed

vs. sector median

5 wks faster

This filing is one of 5 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_5347192e99b210762017-03-18Verified
California State AGbd_dcf25a475804dc0b2017-03-18Verified
Montana State AGbd_405b9666afe8b2e82017-03-21 · +3dCandidate
New Hampshire State AGbd_6742d0def55057882017-04-07 · +20dCandidate

Name: Campbell Taylor & Company
norm: campbell taylor

Name: Campbell Taylor & Company
norm: campbell taylor
Industry: Financial Servicesllm

Discovered: Feb 13, 2017
Breach occurred: Jan 27, 2017 – Feb 2, 2017
Undetected for: 17 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Mar 21, 2017
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDEmployment
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Ransomware
MITRE ATT&CK: T1486 Data Encrypted for ImpactT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified the FBI, the IRS, the FTB, all three credit bureaus, and the applicable state agencies
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Hired a specialized forensic IT firm to investigate
Notified the FBI, the IRS, the FTB, all three credit bureaus, and the applicable state agencies
Hired IT specialists to determine what happened and confirm the security of our network
Providing credit monitoring for one year through AllClear ID to all potentially affected individuals
Working with law enforcement in their investigation of the criminals
Changes made: Reviewing office policies and procedures to ensure all security measures are taken to avoid such an incident from occurring again
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(33 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 5 filings · 4 states

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Massachusetts State AGMar 18 · first

California State AGMar 18 · first

New Hampshire State AGMar 18 · first · this page

Montana State AG+3d

New Hampshire State AG+20d

Pattern: first filing Mar 18 (MA), last Apr 7 (NH) — a 20-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/campbell-taylor-20170318.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Mar 18, 2017
Raw hash: 445be236c837d9b31e15079c21b92c0d3486a30f8546e63798751006161a7573

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (4) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityCampbell Taylor & Company

Victim entityCampbell Taylor & Company

Incidentdiscovered Feb 13, 2017

Stated responseHired a specialized forensic IT firm to investigate

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov