PhysicalProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesTheftCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumActive

ACOSTA, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Nov 11, 2014

Filed

Dec 12, 2014

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

887state residents only

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for ACOSTA, INC. →

Acosta, Inc. reported the theft of an unencrypted company laptop from an employee's vehicle on November 10, 2014. The laptop contained PII of 887 New Hampshire residents, including SSNs, bank account info, and DOBs. Acosta terminated remote access, notified the NH AG, and offered one year of identity protection services.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 1 days

discovery → filing · 4 weeks / 31 days

Nov 10, 2014

Begins

Nov 11, 2014

Discovered

Dec 12, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

14 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

California State AGbd_a78e8ca66d720a4a2014-12-12Verified

Name: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC
norm: lewis brisbois bisgaard smith

Name: ACOSTA, INC.
norm: acosta
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: Nov 11, 2014
Breach occurred: Nov 10, 2014
Undetected for: 1 dayoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 12, 2014
Affected individuals: 887state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Notified Attorney General Joseph FosterProviding written notice of this incident to other regulators in the United States and Canada

During the incident: Initiated an investigation to determine what sensitive information may have been contained on the laptop
Terminated remote login capabilities for the stolen laptop
Provided written notice of this incident to affected individuals
Offered access to one (1) free year of identity protection services and identity restoration services
Providing written notice of this incident to other regulators in the United States and Canada and to the national consumer reporting agencies
Changes made: Review of the Company’s policies and procedures relating to the security and confidentiality of Company records containing personal information
Enhancing our policies and procedures relating to the security and confidentiality of Company records containing personal information
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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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California State AGDec 12 · first

New Hampshire State AGDec 12 · 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/acosta-20141212.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 12, 2014
Raw hash: 2e4c087db7ce60a22655c88dc50648c36c343828e1a41c517a66ddfa71a0322d

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, PLLC

Victim entityACOSTA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Nov 11, 2014

Stated responseInitiated an investigation to determine what sensitive information may have been contained on the laptop

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov