HackingFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceStolen CredentialsData ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

Lee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 20, 2020

Filed

Apr 15, 2020

To disclose

26 days

Affected

7state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Lee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls →

PaperlessPay Corp, a third-party payroll vendor, notified Lee Auto Malls of a data breach where an unauthorized individual accessed its SQL server on Feb 18, 2020. DHS and FBI are investigating. Data potentially exposed includes names, SSNs, and payroll info. 7 NH residents notified with 2 years credit monitoring.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 31 days

discovery → filing · 26 days

Feb 18, 2020

Begins

Mar 20, 2020

Discovered

Apr 15, 2020

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

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

Part of PaperlessPay Corporation supply-chain incident (2020) — 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_4d453d5cc4718bf12020-04-15Verified

Name: Lee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls
norm: lee holding company a k a lee auto malls

Name: Lee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls
norm: lee holding company a k a lee auto malls
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Mar 20, 2020
Breach occurred: Feb 18, 2020
Undetected for: 31 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Apr 16, 2020
Affected individuals: 7state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1078 Valid AccountsT1119 Automated Collection
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified DHSCooperated with FBI investigation
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Engaged forensic investigation firm (Ankura)
Cooperated with DHS and FBI investigation
Secured TransUnion to provide identity monitoring
Notified affected employees
Changes made: Rebuilt domain controller, web server, and SQL server from scratch
Restored database files from backups
Assigned new IP addresses to servers
Changed all passwords for users and administrators
Implemented mandatory password change on first login
Disabled all remote access capabilities to web and SQL servers
Installed Carbon Black EDR application
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 26 days(26 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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Massachusetts State AGApr 15 · first

New Hampshire State AGApr 15 · 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://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/paperlesspay-20200415.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Apr 15, 2020
Raw hash: 6ae3ae3786ae3f7c441c237df7a6869650d1123068f4fac17884eda461ae6e41

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls

Victim entityLee Holding Company a/k/a Lee Auto Malls

Incidentdiscovered Mar 20, 2020

Stated responseEngaged forensic investigation firm (Ankura)

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov